RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GNU emacs 21.2-7 packages available

["Harig, Mark A." <maharig at idirect dot net>]

OK.  I agree that it's best to follow the documented behavior.
'awk'/'gawk' follows that rule also, i.e., puts its binaries
into /usr/sbin/awk/.  All other packages use either /usr/lib
or /usr/libexec, e.g., cvs, groff, mingw, perl, python,
squid.  Maybe one of the Cygwin developers needs to weigh
in on what the rule should be, i.e., where should "internal"
programs/libraries be put, and if it is different from FHS,
then why is it different?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Buehler [mailto:jbuehler@hekimian.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 1:08 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GNU emacs 21.2-7 packages available
> 
> 
> Harig, Mark A. wrote:
> 
> > Based upon the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) at
> > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/, it would appear that the
> > more appropriate place for these files is
> > /usr/libexec/emacs/21.2/i686-pc-cygwin/.  (Alternatively,
> > these files could be placed in
> > /usr/lib/emacs/21.2/i686-pc-cygwin/.)
> 
> The following is from the Cygwin page dealing with 
> contributed packages.
> That's why emacs is where it is at present.
> 
> Joe Buehler
> 
>      * The package is configured using (at a minimum) the 
> following paths:
> 
>    --prefix=/usr
>    --sysconfdir=/etc
>    --libexecdir='$(sbindir)'
>    --localstatedir=/var
>    --datadir='$(prefix)/share'
> 
> 
> 
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