On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 02:48:18PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > Would this not be easier done by having a mapping done at > unpack/install time, and then only scripts/programs with hard coded > paths need be changed? > > So dpkg would map the Linux FS to the local FS' and it can > even take into account things like transforming to /opt heirarchy. > > Advantage? Not every darned script/package has to be changed > for this functionality.
Disadvantage? It only solves things outside of Debian, since surely it would not be adopted as part of the install process for a sane Debian system. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
