From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jude DaShiell Subject: not about /usr/local slackware and debian Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 21:34:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeH0T-00075g-7X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:34:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeH0S-0005S7-86 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:34:25 -0400 Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:50798 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QeH0S-0005S0-3Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:34:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBE922A5E for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2011 21:34:23 -0400 (EDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On slackware and debian /usr/local is used by some programs sometimes though originally /usr/local directory hierarchy was intended to be a place in which things could be put by the system administrator and be left alone by the system's package updates system. If it was in that folder hierarchy, the system's package system for updates was supposed to bypass it. Actually on both slackware and debian the proper prefix for those systems is /usr in order to put info files where they'll be found by info using the infopath variable. Specifically /usr/share/info/ and this was one of the things preventing me from updating existing outdated org-mode documentation until I figured it out.