[Python-Dev] Python and the Linux Standard Base (LSB)

[Jan Matejek]

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Phillip J. Eby napsal(a):
> Just a suggestion, but one issue that I think needs addressing is the FHS
> language that leads some Linux distros to believe that they should change
> Python's normal installation layout (sometimes in bizarre ways) (...)
> Other vendors apparently also patch Python in various
> ways to support their FHS-based theories of how Python should install
> files.

+1 on that. There should be a clear (and clearly presented) idea of how
Python is supposed to be laid out in the distribution-provided /usr
hierarchy. And it would be nice if this idea complied to FHS.

It would also be nice if somebody finally admitted the existence of
/usr/lib64 and made Python aware of it ;e)

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