FS#76013 - [gstreamer] gst-plugins-doc-cache-generator installed into wrong directory

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jochen Henneberg (JohnLeBerg) - Sunday, 25 September 2022, 19:57 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Monday, 26 September 2022, 08:31 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
At least in gst-plugins-rs docs/meson.build searches for gst-plugins-doc-cache-generator in path or /usr/libexec/gstreamer-1.0
but not in /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0 where it is installed by the package.

Additional info:
* 1.20.3-2

Steps to reproduce:
Run meson on gst-plugins-rs - doc cache update will be skipped.
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Monday, 26 September 2022, 08:31 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  See comment
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Monday, 26 September 2022, 08:30 GMT
Arch actively avoids /usr/libexec as per the Arch Package Guidelines [1]. Also, see the "arch-meson" wrapper script [2].

If it's important, the "gst-plugins-rs" dev's should probably make it configurable in the meson.build file.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_package_guidelines#Package_etiquette
[2] https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/packages/meson/trunk/arch-meson

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