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]
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