From: Tanu Kaskinen <tanu.kaskinen@linux.intel.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: The default $fpath
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 15:00:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <540AF773.5080407@linux.intel.com> (raw)
Hello,
I have a complaint about the default $fpath contents.
Let's assume that I write a program, let's call it "Foo". I want to
support Zsh completion for Foo, so I write a shell completion script. By
default, if someone builds Foo from source, Foo should be installed
under prefix /usr/local. Distributions will install Foo under prefix /usr.
Regardless of whether Foo is installed under /usr or /usr/local, I want
the Zsh completion to Just Work. I think it should not matter whether
the Zsh completion is installed under /usr/share/zsh/site-functions or
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions, the completion script should be
picked up by Zsh either way.
On some distributions this appears to work, but not all. At least
Fedora's Zsh doesn't include /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions in the
default $fpath. This doesn't seem to be Fedora's fault. As far as I can
see, Zsh upstream doesn't include /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions in
$fpath if the install prefix is /usr.
Would a patch be accepted that adds /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
to $fpath always, no matter what the install prefix is?
--
Tanu
next reply other threads:[~2014-09-06 12:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-06 12:00 Tanu Kaskinen [this message]
2014-09-06 16:06 ` Frank Terbeck
2014-09-06 18:45 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-06 19:10 ` Frank Terbeck
2014-09-06 23:04 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-07 3:44 ` Bart Schaefer
2014-09-07 18:31 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-07 19:37 ` Vin Shelton
2014-09-07 19:53 ` Tanu Kaskinen
2014-09-07 20:40 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-07 21:01 ` Bart Schaefer
2014-09-08 10:23 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-08 11:16 ` Frank Terbeck
2014-09-20 19:04 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-20 19:36 ` Peter Stephenson
2014-09-20 20:00 ` Peter Stephenson
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