On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 09:18:50PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On 19 May 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > A given file should normally be in the same place on every Debian > > system. I think this is a principle that everyone can live with. > > Explain that to the hurd developers who want them in different > places.
In an attempt to give some constructive input to this discussion: We could solve this and other problems by allowing packages' files to be installed in a location which is only determined at install time: - Always install binaries in /bin on hurd - Install certain packages in an NFS-exported location on a server - Install multiple versions of packages simultaneously (hairy) - No more "/usr/doc"-style transitions - just change the path once in the package tools In practice, this won't be easy - packages would need to be changed, e.g. to include an install script which invokes install_binary/install_data etc commands. But maybe it's something worth considering as a long-time goal. Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | CS student at the Technische | GnuPG key: | \/�| http://atterer.net | Universit�t M�nchen, Germany | 0x888354F7 � '` � -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
