From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ruhl@4dv.net (Robert Uhl ) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: 1.6.0 problems with libguilereadline-v-12 and fix Date: 22 Sep 2002 22:35:57 -0600 Sender: guile-user-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20020918203311.3C5FA3F28@fnord.ir.bbn.com> <87k7ljgfvd.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <87d6radoa5.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <87it108z2f.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032755775 11861 127.0.0.1 (23 Sep 2002 04:36:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 04:36:15 +0000 (UTC) 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 17tKxA-00035A-00 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:36:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17tKx7-0000IR-00; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:36:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17tKwy-0000ID-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:36:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17tKww-0000I1-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:36:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.7.170.6] (helo=latakia.dyndns.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17tKww-0000Hx-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: (from ruhl@localhost) by latakia.dyndns.org (8.11.6/linuxconf) id g8N4ZvS24198; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:35:57 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: latakia.dyndns.org: ruhl set sender to ruhl@4dv.net using -f Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 53 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: guile-user-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:1075 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:1075 prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes: > > > The problem with that is it makes utter hell out of one's PATH > > Nope. : > > Adding programs to the commands-available-to-users list means > creating symbolic links in a central directory, /command, as well > as in /usr/local/bin for compatibility. > > > I like how stow does it > > Stow doesn't have a global registry, so it doesn't solve the problem > of accidental name collisions. And since all files of the same type > still get squeezed into a flat namespace (.../bin, .../lib, etc.), > collisions are more likely. With slashpackage, package and command > names are registered so there are no collisions, and other types of > files automatically don't collide because they're in separate > namespaces (i.e., separate directories). I don't see how both of the above can be true. If two seperate packages use the same name for a command, then both cannot make that command available to the user _and_ use the standard name _and_ not collide. > > Plus, it's generally as simple as: > > > > ./configure > > make > > sudo make install prefix=/usr/local/stow/PACKAGE_NAME > > > > which is awfully nice. > > With slashpackage, it's as simple as "package/install". That means a custom install script must be used--with stow, one uses the standard GNU tools. > > the FHS is a nice thing, and exists for a reason. > > It's well-intentioned, but it doesn't work. Did you read > ? Yes, but I wasn't terribly impressed. But then, I think that djb is a looney-tune of the first order, so perhaps I'm biased:-) -- Robert Uhl 'Those who shall sober up from the collective intoxication will have to admit that the Palestinians are the Jews of our era, a small, hunted people, defenceless, standing alone against the best weapons, helpless...the whole world is against them.' --Ha'aretz, 13 June 1982 _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user