I've scoured the packaging guidelines once more, there's no mention of when you should put libraries in %{_libdir} vs. when to create a subdirectory in %{_libdir}. I got a little bit of feedback in my package review request[1], but I'd appreciate more formal clarification.
Anyone?
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Rich Mattes <richmattes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I found a link from the cmake people that suggests creating a /usr/lib/projectname folder for libraries and cmake files is suggested practice to allow other projects to import yours: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/CMake_2.6_Notes#Exporting_from_an_Installation_TreeIs this compatible with Fedora packaging, or should pacakges install all of their shared libs in %{_libdir}? If the libs do go right into the libdir, should the project-config.cmake files go somewhere like /usr/share/projectname/cmake?RichOn Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Rich Mattes <richmattes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm creating a package for a group of libraries, and I have a few questions about where to install some files.1. The project creates its own folder in /usr/lib called /usr/lib/projectname, and installs its shared libraries there. What's the policy on doing this vs. putting all of the libraries into /usr/lib?1a. The project also puts a few .cmake files in its libdir folder. Upstream informed me that some other projects use these files during their own build process, so moving these cmake files could be problematic. I think that putting .cmake files in /usr/lib might be a violation of linux filesystem rules, but doing a "yum provides *lib/*.cmake" shows that some other projects do this exact thing (install their libraries and cmake files into their own directory under /usr/lib). This leads me to believe that this practice is ok?2. The project installs a bunch of other assorted cmake macros, which are also used by other projects. These don't take the form of FindProject.cmake though, so I don't think they belong in the system-wide cmake module path. I should put those in /usr/share/projectname/cmake?Thanks for the help,Rich
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