[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] Bug#457088: Bug#457088: mpi.h is missing

[Sune Vuorela]

On Wednesday 19 December 2007, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 19 December 2007 at 22:23, Julien Cristau wrote:
> | On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 14:45:06 -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> | > You lost me. Please make up your mind as to whether you think it is a
> | > problem because we do or do not use /usr/include, or
> | > /usr/include/openmpi ?
> |
> | Either would be ok. /usr/lib isn't.
> |
> | > We use /usr/include/openmpi now, and we think that's the right way:
> |
> | No, you don't, you're using a subdirectory of /usr/lib/, and that's a
> | serious bug.
>
> Why?    Many projects live off a common root dir, and Open MPI does just
> like others do.  IIRC it does so upstream too.

Sure. That common root dir is called /usr - and often used as a prefix for 
installations.

/Sune
 - who thinks it is the duty of the maintainer to fix upstream crappyness - 
especially fhs stuff.


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