Re: [pcre-dev] Installed text files

On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 02:44:01PM +0000, Philip Hazel wrote:
> I see that the new "make install" installs a number of text files in
> <prefix>/share/doc/pcre, including AUTHORS, LICENCE, etc. That seems
> fair enough, though is it normal to install the building documentation
> such as README and INSTALL? Those aren't user documentation.
>
> It also includes NON-UNIX-USE, which is all about building in
> non-Autotools environments where "make install" can't be used. I'm not
> at all sure that it's right to install it with "make install". Another
> file I'm unhappy with is "perltest.txt", which described the Perl
> testing script perltest.pl, which itself is *not* installed.
>
> I think those two files should be removed from those that are installed,
> and I wonder about README and INSTALL.

Yeah, I would remove them all. If I recall correctly, Craig wanted
these. Maybe he can explain why.

Thanks,
Bob Rossi