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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>1999-10-28 06:40:54 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>1999-10-28 06:40:54 +0000
commit9e80d8f4145fe9fb88dfa64d5a8ed02291dfee55 (patch)
tree1803dfe0c3479dca4efe90a2b4943e04b073e287 /Policy_sh.SH
parent8f753cb54274cceba5865fd4e206073865f6e190 (diff)
downloadperl-9e80d8f4145fe9fb88dfa64d5a8ed02291dfee55.tar.gz
(Slightly) better comments for Policy_sh.SH from Andy.
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4477
Diffstat (limited to 'Policy_sh.SH')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Policy_sh.SH b/Policy_sh.SH
index 133a9faba4..cb8536c454 100644
--- a/Policy_sh.SH
+++ b/Policy_sh.SH
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ esac
# Installation prefixes. Allow a Configure -D override. You
# may wish to reinstall perl under a different prefix, perhaps
# in order to test a different configuration.
+# For an explanation of the installation directories, see the
+# INSTALL file section on "Installation Directories".
case "\$prefix" in
'') prefix='$prefix' ;;
esac
@@ -59,8 +61,18 @@ esac
# this too is handled automatically by Configure based on
# $installprefix, so it isn't included here either.
#
+# Note also that there are three broad hierarchies of installation
+# directories, as discussed in the INSTALL file under
+# "Installation Directories":
+#
+# =item Directories for the perl distribution
+#
+# =item Directories for site-specific add-on files
+#
+# =item Directories for vendor-supplied add-on files
+#
# See Porting/Glossary for the definitions of these names, and see the
-# INSTALL file for some examples.
+# INSTALL file for further explanation and some examples.
#
# In each case, if your previous value was the default, leave it commented
# out. That way, if you override prefix, all of these will be
@@ -110,7 +122,7 @@ do
html1dir) dflt='' ;;
htm31dir) dflt='' ;;
- # Site-specific add-ons.
+ # Directories for site-specific add-on files
sitebin) dflt=$siteprefix/bin ;;
# The scriptdir test is more complex, but this is probably usually ok.
sitescriptdir)
@@ -134,7 +146,8 @@ do
sitehtml1dir) dflt='' ;;
sitehtm31dir) dflt='' ;;
- # Vendor-specific add-ons. These are all usually empty.
+ # Directories for vendor-supplied add-on files
+ # These are all usually empty.
vendor*)
if test X"$vendorprefix" = X""; then
dflt=''
@@ -197,5 +210,5 @@ $spitshell <<!GROK!THIS! >>Policy.sh
# The original design for this Policy.sh file came from Wayne Davison,
# maintainer of trn.
# This version for Perl5.004_61 originally written by
-# Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>.
+# Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>.
# This file may be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.