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Re: Most appropriate location for installing example programs?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Most appropriate location for installing example programs? |
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Tue, 25 May 2010 15:49:16 -0600 |
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On 05/25/2010 03:44 PM, Sam Shin wrote:
> Hello,
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> I'm debating over what the most appropriate location for installing example
> programs for a library would be. Would it be acceptable to install example
> programs into datadir? Or should I create a non-standard directory in PREFIX
> called "examples"?
Are these machine-independent scripts and/or source files, or actual
compiled programs? A subdirectory within datadir is appropriate for
machine-independent files; but I don't know if
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Directory-Variables
gives any advice on where example binaries would be placed, short of
directly sticking them in bindir.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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