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Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/man

From
Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
Date
May 8, 2007, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID
<20070508150220.GA18860@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
In-Reply-To
<200705081349.34964.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
Hallo,
Ismail Dönmez wrote:
> According to FHS standard default man page path is $prefix/share/man [0] , 
> attached patch fixes this for GIT.
According to some GNU standard it's $prefix/man.

E.g. autoconf managed projects use $prefix/man if you don't give --mandir=... to configure.

Personally I prefer FHS, so I have 
	mandir=$(prefix)/share/man
in my config.mak.

Best regards Uwe

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  1. [TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/manIsmail Dönmez, May 8, 2007
  2. Uwe Kleine-KönigMay 8, 2007
  3. Ismail DönmezMay 8, 2007
  4. Brian GernhardtMay 8, 2007
  5. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 11, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  8. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  10. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  11. Ismail DönmezJun 20, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2007

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