[Bug 142837] Need site-specific man page directory

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Summary: Need site-specific man page directory


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=142837





------- Additional Comments From altblue at n0i.net  2006-04-25 11:47 EST -------
Matthew, the issue raised by Kenneth here it's NOT about "non-packaged"
files/modules/etc, but exactly about "how to make addon packages that should
override distro files".
OK, Kenneth minimized it to the state of a very particular issue, but the
generic problem still stands, and kludging this "vendor specific man page
directory" (yes, he meant _vendor_) - e.g. using that "%{_mandir}/manp/" trick -
won't make the world better. ;-/

For instance, I don't get it who come [non-overriding] "is fine for binaries".

Even more, remember what will happen when (main) perl package is updated: your
addon package will _still_ override the distro package, given the current @INC's
state in Fedora's perl package. 
Should I also mention that you will not be able to install your package as long
Fedora tends to obsolete every separated-core-module-package (iep, they existed
long ago, in the era of Chip Turner IIRC), _without_ specifying a version (e.g.:
Obsoletes: perl-CPAN <= 1.76_02).

So, IMHO a WONTFIX/CANTFIX resolution for this issue would be an easy way out
(for now).

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