On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:28:47 +0200, Matt Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> 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. > Everything but the last thing is already automated in GoboLinux. This is one of those things we have to do to support our links. I've looked at the binreloc approach for the last issue, but think that there isn't any interest in implementing it and even if there was, we wouldn't have manpower to support it. -- /Jonas Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
