Bug 7249 - [FR] non-versioned %_docdir by default
Summary: [FR] non-versioned %_docdir by default
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: rpm-build (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P3 enhancement
Assignee: placeholder@altlinux.org
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
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Reported: 2005-06-29 23:36 MSD by Michael Shigorin
Modified: 2020-04-06 20:19 MSK (History)
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Description Michael Shigorin 2005-06-29 23:36:08 MSD 
It may make more sense to use only %name for docdir, not %name-%version: it
makes file links less volatile.  Debian project may have had more discussions on
that.

Ideally, the behaviour could be controlled by some additional macro
(multidocdir? :) for easier use in packages which are designed to allow
simultaneous installation of several versions.
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2012-01-03 02:36:51 MSK 
tracked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/rpm/+bug/911005
Comment 2 Michael Shigorin 2013-08-15 18:53:38 MSK 
Looks like it's been accepted in fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UnversionedDocdirs
Comment 3 Evgenii Terechkov 2013-12-24 12:03:09 MSK 
ldv: ping?
Comment 4 Ivan A. Melnikov 2020-04-06 20:19:30 MSK 
There was a time when I wanted this so much, because with each update of some packages invalidated  a useful portion of my bash and browser history.