From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Path for system-wide .eln files Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:42:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83o8qocd32.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13303"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Paul Eggert , Yuri Khan , Andrea Corallo , Eli Zaretskii , "Andrea Corallo via Emacs development discussions." To: Ulrich Mueller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 23:43:31 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kEJUZ-0003MR-Gt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2020 23:43:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38594 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kEJUY-0003mW-J7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:43:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46776) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kEJU5-0003LN-2i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:43:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:55082) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kEJU2-0003Ov-Mq; Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:42:59 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6C33810022F; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 17:42:55 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CEC2310025D; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 17:42:46 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1599255766; bh=gWcmrh3zbX1daafbPeY8YFgs3vAET7IKKCi+7X2bEmY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=cPm2kzQMMchiB0fxXyyWiRhnecNBIU2gY6NVtqWPJaAcMWKofoZz87N4u0cJ1IASU R4GG2G2dpwLNFdNJ4rJwVcqXD8JgrWETvPUO3Gp8qVYftY9O3xX1lRuL5z7FTtNpzZ MbQRqj2MV386tFkBdbvLZXFEr+VfARdWW+5cWb1RaDUELz7/7OMUkurFsVIG7UIxBh GnZIz7+lI/R8nXQktruhZz06mxRIljfrnnmpmRg37cXkXEZdoXEnlym351V1jCrqjv wO8Y7HyT8wLPC+IiS3WKo7lCCDUR0wXeWDT3insbIE9ONdMEr6QlI+KQGzPDygPGOY FQlUWNKAgafgw== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.72.232.131]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 860FF12093A; Fri, 4 Sep 2020 17:42:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Ulrich Mueller's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 2020 22:01:36 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/04 17:42:55 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:254531 Archived-At: > The difference between the two directories is that the home directory > may be shared between different architectures, while /usr/lib (or > /usr/local/lib) is _not_ shared by its definition. Therefore the > architecture makes sense in ~/.emacs.d/ but is redundant in /usr/lib/. The extra info may be redundant but it does no harm. The benefit is that /$DESTDIR/$libdir/emacs/native-lisp can be a normal member of the "eln files search path", whereas otherwise it would have to be treated specially. > I'd very much prefer (also from a distro point of view) if the directory > trees in /usr/share and /usr/lib would have a similar structure. That > is, /usr/lib/emacs//..., and no arch triplet. Other than aesthetic concerns, what is at stake? Stefan