On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Alexander Berntsen <alexan...@plaimi.net> wrote:
> On 31/07/15 20:10, Evan Laforge wrote: > > Come to think of it, shouldn't ghc include this, instead of > > everyone creating their own shell scripts by hand? > I don't think so. This is usually done in the userland -- at least in > GNU+Linux distributions. > More to the point, various distribution methods already include such things (e.g. NixOS, Debian's alternatives system, MacPorts' "port select") plus there are various mechanisms for implementing this on an ad-hoc basis (GNU stow, environment modules, etc.). Downstream packages implementing their own versions of this except speicifically on an opt-in basis (e.g. configure option) tend to interfere with these and complicate inclusion into existing package systems. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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