Re: Small change in packaging manual?

Le 29 juil. 2004, à 23:19, BABA Yoshihiko a écrit :

>
> 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.
Sorry, that's exactly what I intented. I should have put the first part 
of the sentence (it was stated as an addition, not a substitution).

Michèle
<http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>