On Monday 12 February 2007 17:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I installed my LFS system like the book tells but with package > users. After that i installed a few packages from BLFS with the use > of package users, too, but all in /opt/package-x.xx as prefix. I > made a symbolic link for each package in the way /opt/package which > points to /opt/package-x.xx, so that i can easily update any > package and undo if there are any problems with the new version. > All i need to do is to change the symbolic link. > > The handicap of this way of installation is that i have to put many > paths in my PATH-variable which is a little slow by the amount of > paths. > > Now the real questions :) > > I think that it could be a possibility that i make for each package > symbolic links in /opt/bin, /opt/lib, etc. for each binary, lib > etc. which is installed by the package. Are there any experiences > for that method? Perhaps something i didn't mention so far. Because > that way i can only have a few paths to put in my PATH-variable.
You need to beware of the problem described in 6.3.2.3 (Symlink Style Package Management) of the LFS book. That is basically what you are talking about, except substitute /opt for /usr. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/pkgmgt.html -- Barius -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
