Re: [PATCH 0/8] Misc LCR build fixes / new installation directories

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 08:38:56AM +0200, jolly wrote:
> patches 5,6,7 are not yet commited, because it changes "hardcoded" path
> "/usr/local/lcr" for installation of files. i would like to ask the
> community first what they think about installing LCR files to these
> locations:
> 
> --
> make install
> ...
> mkdir -p '/usr/local/etc/lcr'
> mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/lcr'
> mkdir -p '/usr/local/var/log/lcr'
> mkdir -p '/usr/local/var/lib/lcr/extensions'
> ...
> --

I don't quite understand what you suggest, but LCR should really comply
to the FHS standard: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

'/usr/local' should only be used by manual installation from sources 
and packagers should be able to easily build LCR for installation in the
FHS directories (without '/usr/local' prefix)  and install it in
arbitrary installation prefix ($(DESTDIR)).

Generally this all is done with autoconf/automake, if used properly and
then all the paths can be configured via the 'configure' script - this
makes distribution packagers work much easier.

Greets,
        Jacek