Is there not a standard by distributions which tells software the standard place to install. I have noticed different distributions seem to have different preferences. :-)
It seems there should be a file in /etc which would have defined places for installation of software, configuration information, and where to put variable files (files you change in operation). something like: pref1_global-install /usr/local pref2_global-install /usr/share pref3_global_install /opt pref_local_install ~/apps place_local_link_in ~/bin place_gobal_link_in /usr/local/bin xmenu_add /usr/bin/xmenu_add [global|local] bin desc --- dale On Friday 21 July 2006 06:50, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > Philosophically saying, that would enter the programmer into a purely > > > consumer relation with the OS. Which isn't the case in OSS, since there is > > > a > > > shared responsibility by all users, nobody excluded. > > > > You hit the point, except that it _is_ becoming the case with Linux > > distributed by companies who provide support to their users. ;-) FPC > > installer shouldn't make assumptions about the type of user (consumer or > > OSS geek), because both exist nowadays. > > Incorrect, and I don't see what an OSS geek is supposed to be. > > I/We don't have a consumer relation with what you call consumers. Those > distro's that pocketed the cash have. > > That is not that I'm against decent release building, but there is a > tradeoff here, and one that is aggrevated due to use of several installer > and hierarchy conventions. > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
