On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:42:37 -0700 Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote: > > A general comment: Why doesn't Mandrake, when it's building a new > > version, does not use the default installation directories of each > > package? Because otherwise, when we reinstall it, we have a chance > > of ending up with two versions of the same files! -turgut > > > > ----- > > Turgut Kalfaoglu: http://www.kalfaoglu.com > > EgeNet Internet Services: http://www.egenet.com.tr > > > > Mandrake strives to conform to the Linux Standards Base and has been > LSB certified: > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/community/mandrakesoftnews/news?n=/mandrakesoft/products/2381 > > > The LSB specifies the Filesystem Hiearchy Standard as the authority > for where files go: > http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.3.0/gLSB/gLSB/execenvfhs.html > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/index.html#TOC > > The standards allow for some options and are somewhat open to > interpretation. Different software authors might have different > interpretations, implement options differently, or lack compliance > with these standards. > > Rolf In other words, it's up to the package authors to come up to speed with the Linux Standard Base. Mandrake does a good job of squeezing any RPM's files into the right directories and where necessary makes links (/etc/rc3.d/ -> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/). Any 3rd party package that does comply with LSB installs well in Mandrake (refer OO.o thread). -- Michael
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