Whichever solution is easier to maintain and build for you guys, as long as it works in full, if it doesn't I'll be sure to let you know. By the way, do you want to do the Minix port or should I? I was just going to copy paste a lot of the NetBSD files and rename them to minix and test from there since they share the same userland, but I think you are probably way more of an expert in this field than I.
Thank you for your time, -Chase ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On May 25, 2018 7:24 PM, Ulrich Wilkens <m...@uwilkens.de> wrote: > > > On 05/25/18 02:25, Jon Trulson wrote: > > > I will have some time to look at this next week. I think I should be > > > > able to persuade installCDE to install it's files in a different > > > > directory/$DESTDIR. > > By mid of last year I already worked on a solution for the fixed install > > paths. I used 3 macros that already existed in CDE: > > CDE_INSTALLATION_TOP, CDE_CONFIGURATION_TOP and CDE_LOGFILES_TOP. > > Their default values are /usr/dt, /etc/dt and /var/dt. > > You can change them if you give additional options to make World, e.g. > > make CDE_INSTALLATION_TOP=/usr/local/dt > > CDE_CONFIGURATION_TOP=/usr/local/etc/dt World > > If you leave out some of the options the default values are used. > > After this everything in CDE is built with the new paths: > > binaries, libraries, config files, log files, database files and > > installation scripts. > > The exception is the documentation (manual pages, help files and > > dtinfo files). This is not done so far. And I'm not even sure whether > > it should be done. What is better? Having the same documentation > > on all installations or having a documentation which matches the > > current installation? > > But anyway, documentation would be another big task. A lot of text > > files must go through some sort of macro parser. > > What do you think about this? Is it a suitable solution for Linux > > packages? > > I did it for my port of macOS, where it is not allowed to install > > to /usr or /etc if SIP is enabled, not even as root. > > But please keep in mind that my changes would need to be merged with > > all the patches from this year and this would need some time. > > And as always it would need intensive testing. > > Best Regards, Ulrich > > > CDE will not be runnable in this directory however, but this should be > > > > suitable for packaging. > > > > -jon > > > > On 05/24/2018 06:19 PM, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > If any of you were curious about the status of the debian package, I > > > > > > must unfortunately report that development has temporarily halted. It > > > > > > isn't that I have lost interest or anything, the problem is that, in > > > > > > short, debian needs to be able to install the package to customizable > > > > > > directories, and the install script only supports installation on > > > > > > root. So if anyone wants to see a debian package come to fruition, see > > > > > > if you can make this change, and I will get right back to work on it, > > > > > > in the meantime, I will be doing code cleanup and starting a Minix port. > > > > > > Thank you for your time, > > > > > > -Chase > > > > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > > > > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel > > -- > > Ulrich Wilkens > > Email: m...@uwilkens.de > > > ------------------------------------------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
