Content of /usr/share/pear

[Remi Collet]

Hi.

This folder is in the default php include_path.

We have already remove "doc" from this folder a few versions ago.

I think there still some stuff which need to be moved.

I have open a pull request on pear-core to be able to select path of all
configurable folders with installer.
    https://github.com/pear/pear-core/pull/7

I would like to move (fedora 18)

* test_dir from /ussr/share/pear/test to /usr/share/tests/pear

* xmldir from /usr/share/pear/.pkgxml to /var/lib/pear/pkgxml

In the future (so not fedora 18) :

Will have to investigated if also moving data_dir may break existing
packages.

Big work will be to move .channels, .depdb, .depdblock, .filemap, .lock,
.registry as this will probably requires lot of code hacking in pear,
but also a solution for update.

Of course this change will require a mass rebuild of all pear packages
(at least, those installing test units)

Feedback ?

Regards,
Remi.

[Joe Orton]

Hi Remi -

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:29:19AM +0200, Remi Collet wrote:
> I would like to move (fedora 18)
>
> test_dir from /ussr/share/pear/test to /usr/share/tests/pear
>
> xmldir from /usr/share/pear/.pkgxml to /var/lib/pear/pkgxml

+1 here.
> In the future (so not fedora 18) :
>
> Will have to investigated if also moving data_dir may break existing
> packages.
>
> Big work will be to move .channels, .depdb, .depdblock, .filemap, .lock,
> .registry as this will probably requires lot of code hacking in pear,
> but also a solution for update.

It would certainly be great to get all that the metadata stored 
separated from the actual code in the long run.

Regards, Joe

[Remi Collet]

Le 13/08/2012 09:29, Remi Collet a écrit :
> I would like to move (fedora 18)
>
> test_dir from /ussr/share/pear/test to /usr/share/tests/pear
>
> xmldir from /usr/share/pear/.pkgxml to /var/lib/pear/pkgxml

Done in Fedora 18.

1 small upgrade issue detected, test_dir is stored in /etc/pear.conf
which is flag as %config(noreplace)

So, if a user have change any value, it will not be updated.

So I will check if adding a "pear config-set" in %post could properly
fix this.
> Will have to investigated if also moving data_dir may break existing
> packages.

Most packages use @data_dir@ in code which is replace by correct value
at build time (so data_dir is hardcoded in installed files).

So, moving to (probably) /usr/share/pear-data should be trivial, only
requiring another mass rebuild.

I will start working on this change, in rawhide, in a few days.

Regards,
Remi.

P.S. any better value for /usr/share/pear-data is welcome.

[Remi Collet]

Le 15/08/2012 09:01, Remi Collet a écrit :
> Most packages use @data_dir@ in code which is replace by correct value
> at build time (so data_dir is hardcoded in installed files).
>
> So, moving to (probably) /usr/share/pear-data should be trivial, only
> requiring another mass rebuild.

Done in rawhide (see devel ML)

Waiting for feedback, but I think it will be a good idea to have all
this move (.pkgxml, test and data) in the same release instead of two.

Remi.

[Remi Collet]

Le 20/08/2012 15:53, Remi Collet a écrit :
> Le 15/08/2012 09:01, Remi Collet a écrit :
> > Most packages use @data_dir@ in code which is replace by correct value
> > at build time (so data_dir is hardcoded in installed files).
> >
> > So, moving to (probably) /usr/share/pear-data should be trivial, only
> > requiring another mass rebuild.
>
> Done in rawhide (see devel ML)
>
> Waiting for feedback, but I think it will be a good idea to have all
> this move (.pkgxml, test and data) in the same release instead of two.

Done in fedora 18 too.

php-pear is in the buildroot override for a long time (I will push it to
stable asap, to avoid any issue with build using another datadir)

Remi.