On 2008-09-16 21:41, Martin.Hepworth wrote:
Is the gnu project "stow" still around? This is/was really useful in splitting out stuff and bringing back to /usr/local.
I'm still using "graft" for some packages, especially those where I need to be able to quickly fall back to a previous version, within a couple of seconds. (Like some additional packages on my mailserver and as a matter of fact, for those servers where I compile amanda myself instead of using an rpm, and on my Solaris machines). I switched from "stow" to "graft" long time ago, mainly because stows assumes it's the only owner of the http://www.gormand.com.au/peters/tools/graft/graft.html (there is also a description of similar systems in section, "research") -- Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************