From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neil Jerram Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Modified load-path proposal Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:20:35 +0000 Message-ID: <87pspl1ojg.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> References: <878xwx5ld2.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87u0fl3wam.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87oe5s51l4.fsf@ivanova.rotty.yi.org> <87ek6njah0.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87r7adf8h1.fsf@zip.com.au> <87vezhbknv.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87u0ey3mph.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <87oe56zhus.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130786554 776 80.91.229.2 (31 Oct 2005 19:22:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:22:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 31 20:22:27 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWfDF-0000fa-I6 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:20:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWfDE-0001QN-FP for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:20:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWfDA-0001Q8-2q for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:20:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EWfD7-0001Pw-S2 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:20:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EWfD7-0001Pt-P3 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:20:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.84.72.33] (helo=mail3.uklinux.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EWfD7-0001FC-PM for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:20:49 -0500 Original-Received: from laruns (host81-130-88-151.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.130.88.151]) by mail3.uklinux.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0F8F409FCC; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from laruns (laruns [127.0.0.1]) by laruns (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEAB66F718; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:20:35 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Kevin Ryde In-Reply-To: <87oe56zhus.fsf@zip.com.au> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:48:43 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:4922 Archived-At: Kevin Ryde writes: > What advantage is this over putting a symlink in /usr/share/guile/site > to point to this alternate location? Nothing really compelling, perhaps, but... - some OSs don't have symlinks (i.e. Windows) - the symlink approach doesn't work if a package installed with one prefix wants to install (database mysql) and a different package with a different prefix wants to install (database postgres) - in my view, installing an init.d file (under $sysconfdir) feels less polluting of the distribution-managed part of the filesystem than putting a symlink into /usr/share/guile/site. > What is the wherever/my/scheme/files/are directory likely to be? > Guile library packages wouldn't be sprayed randomly across all four > corners of the disk would they? In practice I would guess not. Most distribution-managed packages would go into /usr/share/guile, and most home-built packages into /usr/local/share/guile, I'd guess. What is your concern, though? Neil _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user