Gentoo Websites Logo
Go to: Gentoo Home Documentation Forums Lists Bugs Planet Store Wiki Get Gentoo!

Bug 241310

Summary: net-p2p/{edonkey,overnet}: documentation installed outside /usr/share/doc/${PF}
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo net-p2p team <net-p2p>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: minor    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-10-11 10:58:43 UTC
./usr/share/doc/edonkeyclc/
./usr/share/doc/edonkeyclc/README
./usr/share/doc/edonkeyclc/LISEZMOI
./usr/share/doc/edonkeyclc/ChangeLog
./usr/share/doc/edonkeyclc/changelog.Debian.gz
net-p2p/edonkey-1.3.0.tbz2
./usr/share/doc/overnetclc/
./usr/share/doc/overnetclc/README
./usr/share/doc/overnetclc/LISEZMOI
./usr/share/doc/overnetclc/ChangeLog
./usr/share/doc/overnetclc/changelog.Debian.gz
net-p2p/overnet-1.3.0.tbz2

You're getting this bug because the package in summary installs its documentation (or at least part of it) outside the usual /usr/share/doc/${PF} directory.

First, please keep in mind that this bug might not be noticeable for -r0 ebuilds, but it might be for -r1 and later, since if the ebuild has same name and version of the package, for -r0 it might correspond properly.

To fix this, if the package uses autotools, recent version (autoconf 2.61+) have two ./configure switches: --docdir and --htmldir to decide where to put the documentation. Older versions might require you override docdir/htmldir or other custom variables during make install.

For non-autotooled build systems, good luck, since I cannot tell you how to achieve the proper results, the same holds true with totally broken buildsystems even when based on autotools.

Thanks,
Diego
Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2012-03-19 13:03:36 UTC
They were dropped time ago