Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 13:50:07 -0700 From: "Jason Nordwick" <nordwick@xcf.berkeley.edu> To: <bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV>, "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> Cc: <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A few ports/pkg_* questions. Message-ID: <013001bdf235$9526d320$a23c1c26@yasmeen.citycom.com>
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>> > 3) Has anybody ever thought of installing a port in is own directory
and
>> > then linking them into the proper place?
>>
>> I don't know what this means.
>
>This might refer to something like GNU stow? It basically allows you to
>install a piece of software "in its own directory" (with its own bin/,
lib/,
>and whatever)...it makes symlinks from files in
/usr/local/{bin,lib,whatever}
>into files in the port's directory. Various command line flags let you
>verify, delete, and update the links.
>
[description of snow deleted]
Yeah, thats what Im talking about. Does anybody else like/dislike this.
>From a
sysadmin standpoint, it is really nice, and fairly invisible to users.
Jay
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