Re: "features" problems

[Philip Nienhuis]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 03/19/2016 05:06 PM, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>
> > In the io package libdir is used in a.o., chk_spreadsheet_support.m to
> > find subdirs where Java class libs can be found. Some Linuces put those
> > in /usr/bin or its subdirs.
> >
> > api version + other info like canonical_host_type is currently needed to
> > find out where the arch-dependent package modules are located;
>
> Exactly why is api_version needed separately?  In't it already embedded
> in the api_version directory variables?

It was used to find the arch-dependent subdir of the io package, to move 
the PKG_ADD script from there to the arch-independent subdir, by 
constructing the path to the arch-dependent subdir.

In the mean time Carnë outlined how to do better. So api_version 
shouldn't be required anymore for the io package.

Philip