Re: Small change in packaging manual?

On 2004/07/30, at 5:39, Michèle Garoche wrote:

> Le 29 juil. 2004, à 21:51, BABA Yoshihiko a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2004/07/29, at 17:18, Michèle Garoche wrote:
>>
>>> Could this be added to packaging for the definition of %p:
>>>
>>> You must not use /sw directly, as the user may have changed the 
>>> location of Fink's installation. Use %p instead.
>>
>> This statement seems confusing because it doesn't state where you 
>> must not use /sw.
> Actually nowhere, it is part of the package validation, but 
> unfortunately it is stated nowhere in the Packaging Manual, that's why 
> I suggest this addition. So it can be stated:
> You must not use /sw, as the user may have changed the location of 
> Fink's installation. Use %p instead.

I'm not opposing to include the information.  But the way you state it 
is a bit confusing.  If you modify like this:


%p, %P

the prefix where Fink is installed, e.g. /sw. You must not use /sw, as 
the user may have changed the location of Fink's installation. Use %p 
instead.


then, it looks to some people that %p must not be /sw. (I believe most 
people understand it, though)


Thank you
--
BABA Yoshihiko

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Town Planner (Kyoto Center for Community Collaboration)
Support, Translation and Documentation Team, Fink Project 
(http://fink.sourceforge.net)



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