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Re: SW under /usr/local/



"Colin" == Colin Watson <cjw44@flatline.org.uk> writes:

> Sven Burgener <svenb@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>> Quick question on administration:
>> 
>> what exactly is the best way to deal with locally installed
>> software from source under the /usr/local/ or /opt/ tree?
>> 
>> I use GNU stow, but never actually saw anyone suggesting this to be
>> *the* method.

> You have now ;) That's exactly how I deal with it, and I haven't
> seen anything that can do the job as well ...

> And the symlink algorithm it uses just *rocks*.

You have piqued my curiosity.  What is GNU stow, why is it so cool,
and is there a URL I should look at?

>>>
> Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]

=wl

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"They call me CRAZY - just because I DARE to DREAM of a RACE of 
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