Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The S/390 port is hardware specific. For obvious reasons (how many
> Debian machines are S/390s?), this is inadequate. And anyway, I was
> referring to a Linux kernel in a process (ie, it behaves just like any
> other program, albeit rather large), n
Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The S/390 port is hardware specific. For obvious reasons (how many
> Debian machines are S/390s?), this is inadequate. And anyway, I was
> referring to a Linux kernel in a process (ie, it behaves just like any
> other program, albeit rather large), n
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 02:33:45PM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> I'm beginning to think a better solution would be an operating
> system within an operating system, and let the user play in her `own'
> system, and while it for all intents and purposes seems to be running on bare
> metal, it rea
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 02:15:58PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote:
> workaround: just extract the data.tar.gz where you want it.
>
> dpkg-home () {
> [ "$1" ] || { echo "usage: $0 [dir_to_install]"
>
On Sat, 5 May 2001 22:35:58 -0400
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 05:47:21PM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 5 May 2001 19:01:03 -0400 Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > > You should look into the S/390 port.
> >
> > The S/390 port is
On Sat, 5 May 2001 16:48:05 -0400
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote:
>
> > maybe it is a stupid question, but can debian packages be installed in
other
> > places than / ?
> >
> > I know that when the package is compiled
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 05:47:21PM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> On Sat, 5 May 2001 19:01:03 -0400 Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You should look into the S/390 port.
>
> The S/390 port is hardware specific. For obvious reasons (how many Debian
> machines are S/390s?), this is
On Sat, 5 May 2001 19:01:03 -0400
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 02:33:45PM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
>
> > One could use fakeroot to create a sort of virtual machine, in which
regular
> > users can install packages as they please, but fakeroot doesn't
s
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote:
>
> maybe it is a stupid question, but can debian packages be installed in other
> places than / ?
You could try the --root=dir, --admindir=dir or --instdir=dir options
to dpkg. But I think that maybe this is not what you really
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 02:33:45PM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> One could use fakeroot to create a sort of virtual machine, in which regular
> users can install packages as they please, but fakeroot doesn't support
> chroot (yet?), and I'm beginning to think a better solution would be an
> op
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> maybe it is a stupid question, but can debian packages be installed in other
> places than / ?
i was thinking about this myself. i suppose in theory it is possible,
and the data.tar.gz has all the files that are inst
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote:
> maybe it is a stupid question, but can debian packages be installed in other
> places than / ?
>
> I know that when the package is compiled the Makefile has a $DESTDIR
> attribute, but is this preserved in the deb package?
>
>
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Egon Willighagen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> maybe it is a stupid question, but can debian packages be installed in other
> places than / ?
It is not a stupid question, IMHO.
Unfortunately, I believe the answer is "not in general". One of the
problems is that
Hi all,
maybe it is a stupid question, but can debian packages be installed in other
places than / ?
I know that when the package is compiled the Makefile has a $DESTDIR
attribute, but is this preserved in the deb package?
This issue came up when i tried to convince someone that debian packages
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