<...cuting...> > Also through I like the package approach. I wonder why the linux > standard includes all the package files in system file locations?? > > Looking at the dpkg-deb command I don't thing it would be too difficult > to drop them into package subdirectories. And from the lists of install > packages create an expaned PATH by/for /etc/profile. I believe this > could all be done with out changing the packages in anyway. The > advantage is more modular packages which are easier to clean up if the > install scripts fail. Also packages could be exported more easily > without requiring exporting all of /usr which in my oppinion is NOT a > good idea.
But this would be a retrogression in the Linux directories tree, as specified in the documentation at http://www.pathname.com/fhs. Check it and you will see. Alexander Gieg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= By: Alexander Gieg E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/3222 IRC: AlexG =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
