On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 12:59 AM, Erich Schulman (KT4VOL/KTN4CA) <chibito...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, January 5, 2018, Jorge Almeida <jjalme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > 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. >
I'll take a look at xstow, to see the differences from plain stow. I already installed two packages with stow and it went well. Thanks for the input. Jorge -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
