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

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IDIsmail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr>
Date
May 8, 2007, 15:23 UTC
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<200705081823.37602.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
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<20070508150220.GA18860@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>

Hi, On Tuesday 08 May 2007 18:02:20 Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

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> 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 $prefix/man if you don't give
> --mandir=... to configure.
Just noticed one can do make mandir=/usr/share/man
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> Personally I prefer FHS, so I have
>
> 	mandir=$(prefix)/share/man
>
> in my config.mak.

Same here, IMHO FHS makes more sense and AFAIK most distros uses /usr/share/man.

Regards, ismail

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Message 3 of 12 in “[TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/man”
  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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