Khimenko Victor wrote:
> Yeah, of course. Just FHS closed this way as well. Yes, I (as distribution
> maker) can make /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-linux symlink to
> /usr/local/lib/perl but since
> -- cut --
> This directory should always be empty after first installing a
> FHS-compliant system. No exceptions to this rule should be made other
> than the listed directory stubs.
> -- cut --
> I (as distribution maker) can not create /usr/local/lib/perl directory.
> Thus perl's make install will mysteriously fail while trying to install
> stuff.
Thank God. /usr/local is often shared, quite possibly readonly, and if
distribution packages messed with this, it would be impossible to use
them.
-hpa
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