Re: Most appropriate location for installing example programs?

[Sam Shin]

These would be actually compiled binaries used to test the library. Thanks.

Sam

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 05/25/2010 03:44 PM, Sam Shin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm debating over what the most appropriate location for installing
> example
> > programs for a library would be. Would it be acceptable to install
> example
> > programs into datadir? Or should I create a non-standard directory in
> PREFIX
> > called "examples"?
>
> Are these machine-independent scripts and/or source files, or actual
> compiled programs?   A subdirectory within datadir is appropriate for
> machine-independent files; but I don't know if
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Directory-Variables
> gives any advice on where example binaries would be placed, short of
> directly sticking them in bindir.
>
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