Re: [RFC] Package build time config for installation directories.
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.
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