On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 01:13:56PM +0200, Gustav Fransson Nyvell wrote: > entirely different is needed? Okay, maybe I should complain about the status > quo... thing is when packages install in /var, /usr, /etc and /opt they're > so spread out it's hard to know what is what. This might be because I'm new > but/and scripts can find orphan files in this structures, but you need the > scripts for that. Having everything in /pkgs/PKG/VER would not cause this > splatter. Programs without dependees (i.e. non-libs, non-utilprograms) could > fit in this structure without any extra filesystem magic. Well, the grass is > always greener.
That's right, you're new. We have all the tools to deal with that. Want to know where a file comes from ? install pkglocatedb. The base system also has locate databases now (new for 5.6) Want to check your file system for weird shit ? pkg_check does that now. There are some rough edges, but I have everything to know exactly what belongs where. Oh, and inter-dependencies are trivially recorded. Simpler is better. You're free to leave if you don't like it :)
