From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:19:27 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <091220021652087216%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021101520860%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <87u1hjdwta.fsf@hurd.crasseux.com> <121220021324043990%ajanta@no.spam> <171220021132381961%ajanta@no.spam> <3DFFA457.1020103@rcn.com> <844r9b3exh.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <1mr8ceoypu.fsf@Tempo.Update.UU.SE> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040422957 18543 80.91.224.249 (20 Dec 2002 22:22:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 22:22:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PVXO-0004oh-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:22:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVUt-00033A-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:19:59 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVUb-00031z-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:19:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVUU-0002sp-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:19:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhost.bonet.ac ([194.165.224.191]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVUT-0002r5-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:19:33 -0500 Original-Received: from lgh163a.kemisten.nu (lgh163a.kemisten.nu [212.32.172.173]) by mailhost.bonet.ac (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA04261; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:19:28 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from ams by lgh163a.kemisten.nu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18PVUN-0001F0-00; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:19:27 +0100 Original-To: fstx+u@update.uu.se In-reply-to: <1mr8ceoypu.fsf@Tempo.Update.UU.SE> (message from Fredrik Staxeng on 19 Dec 2002 15:44:13 +0100) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4909 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4909 It should support files, directories and symlinks. It could support postactions such as running makewhatis after a man page is installed. If it setuid-safe one could make two users, gnubin and gnusource, and use file protections to verify that the installation action behaves. Small side note of an obscure automake feataure. One can run scripts after the install process by supplying the POST_UNISTALL variable with a file-name. There are other such variables like PRE_INSTALL, PRE_UNINSTALL etc. Read the Makefile.in's for more information. ;-)