Nicola Pero wrote:
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #14965 (project gnustep):
Probably the reason it was deprecated is that a very long time ago, GNUstep
had a 'GNUSTEP_ROOT' directory (by default '/usr/GNUstep' on GNU/Linux) and
GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT, GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT, GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT etc. where
situated as subdirectory of that one (by default '/usr/GNUstep/System',
'/usr/GNUstep/Local' etc).
That long time ago I believe NSOpenStepRootDirectory () was expected to
return $GNUSTEP_ROOT, ie '/usr/GNUstep'.
It was the case. In the mists of time NSOpenStepRootDirectory() was supposed to
return $GNUSTEP_ROOT$.
At the time System and Local were there. This is basically the very old
Openstep layout.
I certainly agree with the new trend that it should return '/' and I'm very
happy to see that our efforts for removing GNUSTEP_ROOT (which I've finally
manage to entirely remove from gnustep-make about a month ago) are
successfull and it's now not only deprecated but entirely forgotten :-)
GNUSTEP_ROOT would provide nothing useful in terms of API or functionality
and it was a problem in terms of filesystem flexibility, so it's quite a good
change that we now longer have it! :-)
This is why I marked it as deprecated. There isn't a reason to use it anymore
and the old uses don't apply.
If you're trying to locate some place in the directory structure you should be
using NSSearchPathForDirectoryInDomains()
Regards,
Sheldon
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