On Friday 08 April 2005 05:32, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, David Snyder wrote: > > Ok so I completed all of part 5 and am starting to install the basic > > system. Now here's the problem... when I run "make install" in > > man-pages, it prompts that it can't find "/bin/sh" which is fine > > because I haven't installed the sym-link. > > > > My question is... how can I go about running "make install" without > > even creating the sym-link and actually never have a "bin" directory. > > Obviously "/bin/sh" is hard-wired into make or gcc or something else... > > but is there a way to compile make & gcc so that it looks for the shell > > somewhere else.... say SHELL=/executables/shell > > Whatever it is that you're trying to build, it isn't linux as > conventionally understood - the directory structure is deeply ingrained > everywhere. > > Presumably, you'll need to inspect the source of each package and alter > the configure scripts (paths, /bin/sh, where to look for headers if you > are moving those) and Makefile fragments (many packages use Makefile.in > to generate the Makefile, so you may need to understand how the > autotools work). Sounds like a major piece of work, and when it breaks > you get to keep both pieces. > > There was a project a year or two ago to create a distro with > everything into different directories, I don't recall what they were > called or if they are still in existence. > > Ken
It's called gobolinux and it's going strong. http://www.gobolinux.org It has a tool called CompileProgram which tries to automatically install programs into their structure, ie /Programs/App/Version, and usually works. There's also a system of traditional structure symlinks (ie /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, etc) pointing into the Gobo structure, but these symlinks are hidden by a kernel patch. It all works out really well and is a godsend for sensible package management without using a package manager. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
