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- From: jasona@softwords.bc.ca (Jason Anderson)
- Subject: Re: A discipline for packages
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.213244.1762@softwords.bc.ca>
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- Sender: jasona@softwords.bc.ca (Jason Anderson)
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- References: <725686556snx@crynwr.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 21:32:44 GMT
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- This would be good thing, I agree.
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- Myself, I find myself following the Linux versions, upgrading
- along with SLS each time, having to make sure I don't
- lose packages that I have installed in addition to SLS.
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- Typically I don't like to place anything that is not in the
- standard SLS release in the root directories (/usr, /lib etc), but
- rather create symlinks to another "more static" spot on my
- system.
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- This allows me to upgrade without fear of losing something I have
- ported/ftp'd etc. when I upgrade each time.
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- Generally this is a hassle because most packages "assume" where
- they will be placed. Some are friendly and create symlinks for
- you ;-)
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- Jason
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