doc/todo/hard-coded_location_for_man_pages_and_w3m_cgi_wrapper.mdwn



Hi,
some operating systems use PREFIX/man instead of PREFIX/share/man as the base
directory for man pages and PREFIX/libexec/ instead of PREFIX/lib/ for files
like CGI programs.
At the moment the location of the installed man pages and the w3m cgi wrapper
is hard-coded in Makefile.PL.
The patch below makes it possible to install those files to alternative directories
while the default stays as it is now.

It should be possible to use the existing MakeMaker variables such as
INSTALLMAN1DIR (though MakeMaker lacks one for man8). I'd prefer not
adding new variables where MakeMaker already has them. --[[Joey]]

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