Re: libexecdir/datadir used incorrectly

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

 Eli> The recent changes made it all but impossible to predict
 Eli> where a particular package will put its data files and
 Eli> subprograms, since it depends on what version of the
 Eli> standards the package maintainer succeeded to pick up.
 Eli> That's BAD, IMHO.

Exactly which changes are you talking about?  As far as I can
tell, the default values of $(datadir) and $(libexecdir) have
not changed, so packages are still installing their files in the
same place, and installers can still relocate these with
--datadir and --libexecdir as they always did.

The changes we are discussing presently attempt to promote some
sane uses of subdirectories in these two directories.  I can't
see how making such suggestions will make it harder to predict
where data files and subprograms end up.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz