Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > You'd have to have special packages for local and for system-wide. > ./configure is during compile, not during installation, so you'd have > to compile twice for each package to have one that goes in ~ > > On Dec 20, 2007 11:24 AM, Carsten Agger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Like in many packages, you can say > > ./configure PREFIX=~/bin > > you'll install the package locally and don't need to be superuser. Are > there any plans to integrate this functionality with > synaptic/Add-Remove > for non-sudoers, or am I missing something? > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss> >
The problem seems to be that programs will look for their files in /etc and /usr/share. You could do something similar to what fakeroot does. Load a library that wraps open and stat system calls. You could then check for files in ~/.user_root before looking in the real root. Then programs wouldn't have to be recompiled. Though, it would take a miracle to keep this from breaking some programs... -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
