Re: [Vimcdoc-translate] Debian package for vimcdoc

[Carlos Z.F. L. <car...@us...>]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 02:12:58PM +0100, Wenzhi Liang wrote:
> Carlos Z.F. Liu wrote:
> > In Debian system, /usr/share/vim/vimfiles is a link to /etc/vim
> > directory. According Debian Policy Manual, documents shouldn't be
> > installed in /etc.
> 
> That seems to me an mistake. The location is one of the vim 'rtp'.
> I don't see why that should be in /etc.
> 
I think the reason is FHS [1] compliance. According FHS, host-specific
configuration files (such as vimrc and gvimrc) should be put in /etc or
one of its subdirectories. But vim's default 'rtp' doesn't contain such
a path. A link from /usr/share/vim/vimfiles to /etc/vim would resolve
this problem.

[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

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 Best Regards,
 Carlos