On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:51:36 -0400, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 02:31:31AM +0000, Jesse Phillips wrote: >> I have come across only one issue in using this system, dmd.conf. DMD >> will look in /etc/ or the location of the executable. > > If you use my installation method - just plain unzip it, this isn't a > problem. dmd will use the .conf file that it brought with it in the zip > file. > > Then, you use a helper script somewhere in your PATH that is just two > lines: > > #!/bin/bash > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /path/to/where/you/unzipped/dmd/dmd2/linux/bin/dmd $* > > > You could potentially make that unzip path a variable of some sort for > easy overriding.
Yes, I realize this, but I don't want dmd in my home directory (I have root access!!) At which point the same method would just be applied by putting dmd into /opt I don't think the /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is needed either. As for why this is not an acceptable answer. DEBS/RPMS, general installation from a distro. These things should install in the same manner as everything else. In any case it isn't a big deal since it can be worked around.
