At 02:38 PM 4/26/2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >Jan schrieb: > > > Today I've taken a look at the netpbm package. Pierre Humblet, who's > > listed as Cygwin porter, is not considering to contribute it as Cygwin > > package, but was fine with me packaging it. > > > I've only done a few quick tests, from ps->pnm->png. URLs below. > > Cast your votes now. > >Thumbs up from me;) > >BUT: >Is it possible to put all the binaries into a separate directory >and not to flood /bin ? > >There are 223 .exe files (the scripts and .dll not counted)!
I'm not sure why this makes more sense for this package than it would for any package. So, to me, this is not a requirement for generating this package or at least not at this time, unless somebody can point out how this package would be considered "special" in this regard. In general, I don't see the advantage to having many "bin" directories, at least insofar as it moves toward separate bin directories for every package. It would just lead to the proliferation of directories in PATH or many complaints on this list stating "I installed X but when I run it, it says 'X: command not found'!!!" I'd rather avoid either of these alternatives. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX