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Re: [Groff] wrong install path of man and info files


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] wrong install path of man and info files
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:00:13 +0200 (CEST)

> So far, the man pages are installed into ${prefix}/man.  This copies
> the corresponding files to /usr/local/man or /usr/man.  According to
> the FHS and common usage, this should be /usr/share/man or
> /usr/local/share/man.  The same happens to the info file.
>
> To correct this, the `configure' file in the top source directory
> must be changed.

I'm *very* reluctant to do this.  What do the autoconf people say?  I
think Bernd is right, so I wonder why the defaults haven't changed in
autoconf.  It deserves at least a note in the autoconf manual IMHO.


    Werner


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