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The Monday 2007-04-30 at 09:20 +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
> No, I mean it: use /usr, not /usr/local
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> So, you make a package "foo" yourself, e.g. with checkinstall.
> You prefix it to /usr/local because you don't redistribu
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The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 21:32 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> > another partition), but I don't see the utility of /home/local :-?
> >
> So that there's only one partition that has to be protected. In my main
> system, it's an entirely separate drive.
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Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 23:04 +0200, Johannes Nohl wrote:
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>> Most sources configured will install to /usr/local. I usually change
>> this with --prefix to /usr. What I always wanted to know is if there's
>> a global config
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> El 2007-04-29 a las 19:44 -0400, James Knott escribió:
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> > Carlos E. R. wrote:
> >> The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 18:44 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> >>
> >>> What I do, is create a /home/local directory and then create
> >>> /home/local/user etc., with symlinks from /usr/local.
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The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 18:44 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> What I do, is create a /home/local directory and then create
> /home/local/user etc., with symlinks from /usr/local.
Why?
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Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 23:04 +0200, Johannes Nohl wrote:
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> ...
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> > Most sources configured will install to /usr/local. I usually change
> > this with --prefix to /usr. What I always wanted to know is if there's
> > a global config to change it to /usr.
>
> > Is anythin
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The Monday 2007-04-30 at 00:17 +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> /usr/local should never, ever be used as a target directory by RPM packages.
Those distributed. Those we compile ourselves and make an rpm via
checkinstall for our own personal use should
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The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 23:04 +0200, Johannes Nohl wrote:
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> Most sources configured will install to /usr/local. I usually change
> this with --prefix to /usr. What I always wanted to know is if there's
> a global config to change it to /usr.
>
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Johannes Nohl wrote:
> My experience with checkinstall is a good one. I don't distribute the rpms.
> Most sources configured will install to /usr/local. I usually change
> this with --prefix to /usr. What I always wanted to know is if there's
> a globa
Since it grew to a bigger discussion I'd like to give two more cents to it:
My experience with checkinstall is a good one. I don't distribute the rpms.
Most sources configured will install to /usr/local. I usually change
this with --prefix to /usr. What I always wanted to know is if there's
a gl
On 4/29/07, Thomas Hertweck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hope this helps.
Th.
Yup, all very useful, vielen Dank.
g
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On 4/29/07, Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can use checkinstall with an absolutely clear conscience, there is
nothing wrong with it. It is just that, if you intend to later distribute
rpms outside, you'd better do them manually with full control of them. If
you just want to install
lists Guillot wrote:
> [...]
> You know, I've always been uncomfortable with building from source for
> precisely the reasons you say, but it never occurred to me to build my
> own RPMs. I somehow had an idea that it would be a complicated process
> that only people who *distribute* software (and
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The Sunday 2007-04-29 at 21:53 +0200, lists Guillot wrote:
> I'm going to follow your advice. Johannes intimated above that
> checkinstall has a bad reputation,
Absolutely not!
> and you also don't seem to think
> too highly of it with your "(at l
Oops, I got caught out AGAIN, and sent this to Thomas and not the
list. Sorry, Thomas!
On 4/29/07, Thomas Hertweck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You should only use RPM packages - these packages can be installed and
uninstalled without problems. Either get a ready-to-use RPM package from
a reposi
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