Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Need site-specific man page directory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=142837 ------- Additional Comments From altblue@xxxxxxx 2006-04-25 11:47 EST ------- Matthew, the issue raised by Kenneth here it's NOT about "non-packaged" files/modules/etc, but exactly about "how to make addon packages that should override distro files". OK, Kenneth minimized it to the state of a very particular issue, but the generic problem still stands, and kludging this "vendor specific man page directory" (yes, he meant _vendor_) - e.g. using that "%{_mandir}/manp/" trick - won't make the world better. ;-/ For instance, I don't get it who come [non-overriding] "is fine for binaries". Even more, remember what will happen when (main) perl package is updated: your addon package will _still_ override the distro package, given the current @INC's state in Fedora's perl package. Should I also mention that you will not be able to install your package as long Fedora tends to obsolete every separated-core-module-package (iep, they existed long ago, in the era of Chip Turner IIRC), _without_ specifying a version (e.g.: Obsoletes: perl-CPAN <= 1.76_02). So, IMHO a WONTFIX/CANTFIX resolution for this issue would be an easy way out (for now). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
