Game files dir seems not to follow standards

fernandotcl

I've noted that some games are installed in defferent directories. For exemple, Frozen Bubble is installed directly at /usr/bin while Pingus is installed at /usr/games/bin.

I read the file system hierarchy (man hier) and noted that the correct directory should be /usr/games/bin for all games, and that /usr/local/games should be used to store programs used by the games currently installed, but I'm not sure about this, and also /usr/share/games sohuld be used to store non-source game data, such as images, levels, etc..

But Frozen Bubble doesn't seem to follow those conventions. The game is compiled from source by portage, so isn't a ebuild decision the place to install the program files? So, isn't there a mistake in the FB ebuild, that uses wrong places to install the game?

I'm new to Gentoo, so correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks in advance.

Genone · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:00 pm Post subject:

Check if it was discussed on https://bugs.gentoo.org and if not file a bug for it

fernandotcl · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:24 am Post subject:

I checked and it seems there is nothing about it. Before I file a bug for it, i'd just like to know if not to install a game in /usr/games/bin can be considered a flaw.

Thanks in advance.

Genone · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:48 am Post subject:

I don't know and I (personally) don't care if it installs its executable in /usr/bin or /usr/games/bin, so I can't tell if it's a flaw as I'm not a games developer/maintainer.

Brandy · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 1:45 am Post subject:

fernandotcl, in the past games where installed a little haphazardously in a variety of locations. Now the newer games ebuilds use a nice feature of the games eclass which causes the compiled binary to be installed to /usr/games/bin (or /opt if they are binary packages.) From the games eclass: