Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-20 Thread David Mallwitz
On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Rafael Fernández López wrote: Hi, Since I have started a project that needs to be redistributed (it'll be GPL) I've started to deeply read Autoconf and Automake manuals. Well, I had read some of FHS too, to know what I should do and what I should not do

[gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi, Since I have started a project that needs to be redistributed (it'll be GPL) I've started to deeply read Autoconf and Automake manuals. Well, I had read some of FHS too, to know what I should do and what I should not do with my file hierarchy. But, what came to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Zac Slade
On Saturday 18 February 2006 09:52, Rafael Fernández López wrote: ./configure ; make ; make install (in an app called 'whatever') and it could create for example /home/me/bin/whatever and /home/me/share/doc/whatever or /home/me/doc/whatever, and so on. This is what --prefix is for. ./configure

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Rafael Bugajewski
Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2006 16:52 Rafael Fernández López wrote: [...] But, what came to my mind (maybe it's possible today) is that we could make a new file system subtree in every ~. [...] Hi, how do you want to realize it? For what should it be good? I think there is a Portage variable

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Is [OT] marked because it has nothing to do with Gentoo. I mean when no ebuild is provided, someone is a new user (doesn't know what --prefix is), and by default with one shot ./configure ; make ; make install it could be installed in home. Bye, Rafael Fernández López.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Zac Slade
On Saturday 18 February 2006 10:16, Rafael Fernández López wrote: This is what --prefix is for. ./configure --prefix=~/ make make install This puts it into /home/user/ where /home/user is considered to be / What I meant is that it could be selected as default option. My idea is

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Zac Slade
On Saturday 18 February 2006 10:20, Rafael Fernández López wrote: Is [OT] marked because it has nothing to do with Gentoo. I mean when no ebuild is provided, someone is a new user (doesn't know what --prefix is), and by default with one shot ./configure ; make ; make install it could be

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

2006-02-18 Thread Rafael Bugajewski
18. Februar 2006 17:16, Rafael Fernández López: What I meant is that it could be selected as default option. My idea is to make easier new users to install apps that don't have, and that would like to, without having to read man configure. New users usually do not install apps that their