On 01/22/09 13:38, Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 01:02:06PM -0800, David.Ford at Sun.COM wrote: >> /usr/bin links are proposed not for multiple versions, but to avoid >> re-architecting Sun Studio in the short term. Our compilers and dbx find >> other files via relative paths within the directory structure. > > Interesting. That should be an easy fix, no?
No. >> We do not >> want to impose our present directory structure on /usr. We intend to >> re-architect at some future time, but until then, symlinks in /usr are >> our answer. > > So put the compilers in /usr/lib/compilers, and make /usr/lib/compilers > directory and structure beneath not-a-public-interface. Works for me. I think others have objected to "compilers" as being too generic, which is why Chris asked for suggestions. -- Dave F >> Given that, the name of the directory we actually install in is almost >> irrelevant. We just want something descriptive to appear with "ls /usr". > > I'd rather *nothing* specific to this case show up in "ls /usr". I > think that's the right answer. > > Nico
