"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It would be easy to change /usr; we would need to have shadow > translators, make existing packages install (which is trivial with > the /usr->/ symlink), and so forth. > > We don't have a /usr -> / symlink anymore. It is optional, and the > default is to create a seperate /usr directory, and only time you can > choose to use it is when you install a new crosshurd which isn't done > by many users.
Please keep track of the conversation and take note of what I say before you reject it. We were discussing not what we have now, but what we could do in Debian. And as I said, we need shadow translators. Once we have them, we could create /usr->/ with little fuss. > What kind of redesign of the .deb format would you like? (You do > know that .deb is just ar, right?) > > .deb is not "just ar". Removing pre/post install/uninstall scripts > would be a good start since you can't run them if you are a > translator. Then removing dpkg could be a nice second. Let's change this around. What problem are you trying to solve? Packaging formats are more than lists of files; saying "remove maintainer scripts" because you want a pure list of files gets you to a pure list of files, but how does it solve the problems which maintainer scripts are there to solve? > What sort of translator do you imagine for /share/info? > > /share/info/dir being a translator that always provides a updated dir > entry for info readers to use. Put a info page into /share/info and > viola, a entry in /share/info/dir pops up. This would be easy to arrange in a Hurd-specific installer, and Debian would be happy to include one. > I think these are easy. You just give the right patch, and say > "this provides a very nice feature on GNU/Hurd" and you're done. > We have not had much problem in this regard. > > Sure, and that is why we have a nice warm flame war about /hurd each > year right (although, always from people who have no clue about the > issues involved)? We haven't had one for years, actually. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
