On Friday, January 5, 2018, Jorge Almeida <jjalme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just found out about stow. It just seems too good to be true. So: > did I misunderstood something? Any gotchas that are not obvious? > For example, would it be reasonable to install binutils+gcc+glibc the > usual way (in Ch. 6) and then all the rest via stow? > Any corner cases that stow cannot deal with adequately? Would it build > an enormous forest of symlinks? (That is, would it require too much > space? I know disks are huge, but still...) > > In case someone has experience with stow, past or current, I would > like to know your impressions before investing time on stow. > > I have used xstow on my Debian box since 2010. (Despite the "x", it is not a GUI application.) I have been pleased with it. My pattern is ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/foo-1.0.0; make install, and then I xstow the package.
You'll want to look at and edit the xstow.ini file. In particular, you'll likely want to add directories to the list of dirs to never remove -- perhaps your entire existing /usr/local tree (assuming you use /usr/local/stow). When you are ready to make install something, check that every directory needed under /usr/local exists first. Make any new dirs, make install, then run xstow. Example: if foo(6) creates a man6/foo.6 file, be sure the /usr/local/share/man/man6 directory exists before you run xstow. Once I paid attention to those details I have never had a problem with xstow. Xstow indeed makes symbolic links. Every file in and below /usr/local/stow/foo-1.0.0 will get a symlink in its corresponding place under /usr/local. They are removed when you uninstall a package. Foo's directory will be left intact so you can re-stow or delete as desired. Give it a try. Find a source tarball that's small and doesn't create a lot of files. Then install and uninstall the package with your file manager running and see how it works. -- 「女のこが天使じゃない 魔物が半分FIFTY」 ジャングルはいつもハレのちグゥ
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