James Carlson wrote:
Hugh McIntyre writes:
Perhaps what's needed is what Fink does on MacOS X. There are a few
pseudo-packages such as X11 that can be satisfied by more than one real
package, such as "system-x11" (Apple's version) or "X.org" (from fink).
+1! (More below.)
That's also what Debian does. That fixes the dependency problem, but
doesn't fix the path problem...
> ...
... The alternative is to
nuke /opt from the system and just install everything under /usr...
Hmm, Sun service would not like it (to put it mildly), but other than
that it sounds worth considering if you ask me. So James, correct me if
I'm wrong... the following is a sample future scenario that I think
you're suggesting with a /usr solution...?
A user/customer installing a system decides they want an unsupported
freeware (ports) stack on their box. They check opensolaris.org to see
which stacks have petitioned for and received an endorsement from the
opensolaris community. They install the stack in /usr, and everyone
(except Sun service :-/ ) is happy...
A purist would argue that that pollutes /usr, but 99% of users just care
that things work and are easy to upgrade/maintain. Besides, the purist
is perfectly capable of rolling their own.
Eric
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