>>> Well, aside from the specific issue I think binaries relocation would be >>> one great added value to gobo, wouldn't it? >> This would mean Zero Install could even use applications >> with hard coded paths and therefore increase adoption further. > Most things can be stopped from using hard-coded paths, though - the > main problems are *.pc files (which can be changed to detect the > folder they live in), *.la files (which can be deleted), some paths > in so-files (which can be either removed with compilation options, > or worked-around with environment variables at runtime), and things > expected to be in $prefix/libexec . All but the last are trivial and > can be automated - the last requires minor edits to the source, so > that it uses binreloc instead of configure macros.
A quote from the Zero Install mailing list. It is seemingly not difficult to create relocatable binaries. _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
