From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11861 invoked by alias); 20 May 2010 22:21:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 11852 invoked by uid 22791); 20 May 2010 22:21:09 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 May 2010 22:21:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0912BB50E; Thu, 20 May 2010 18:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id RAvAN1Y1DE+3; Thu, 20 May 2010 18:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A682BB517; Thu, 20 May 2010 18:20:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9D3D2F58FA; Thu, 20 May 2010 15:20:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 23:03:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add gdb_libdir/python- in front of Python search path. Message-ID: <20100520222054.GI3019@adacore.com> References: <1274380803-25266-1-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> <1274380803-25266-3-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> <20100520212805.GA8617@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20100520214647.GG3019@adacore.com> <20100520220656.GA11804@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100520220656.GA11804@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-05/txt/msg00461.txt.bz2 > > I have to disagree about that ("textbook example" is a little harsh, no?) > > Adjusting installation paths is the most common distro change, isn't it? > I do not find it as anything wrong, just as the most typical packaging task. [...] > AdaCore and CodeSourcery seem to have the same distribution model. Tens > GNU/Linux distributions I met before do not use any relocatable packages. > I do not find this patch as a distro-neutral one. But np with it. OK, I think I see where you are coming from. But the reality of things is that we cannot all have the same model, because our operating models are different. So some changes will have no benefit to certain types of distributions, but I think that's OK, as long as some people benefit without hurting the rest, I think it's a win. -- Joel