On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 03:43:56PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ben> Disadvantage? It only solves things outside of Debian, > > You talk about non FHS systems, and non debian people > installing stuff, I assumed non debian systems were being considered > here. > > Ben> since surely it would not be adopted as part of the install > Ben> process for a sane Debian system. > > You want to clutter with all this junk, including making > people modify non automake build procedures, all for non FHS > installs, and you now say that a modified dpkg that can install in > other locations shall not be a part of a sane debian system? You want > to modify 5000+ packjages, some non trivially, and you think that a > modified dpkg is too onerous?
Your solution does not help true debian systems that are non-linux, such as freebsd, and hurd. Why take the time to implement something that doesn't solve all the problems. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
