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On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 11:05 -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: |
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> I am planning on moving the install locations of all the rox-base/* and |
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> rox-extra/* applications from their current location (/usr/lib/rox) to |
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> something a little more FHS-correct[1] and tolerant of multilib support. |
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> The main reason for this change is that I got a bug from amd64 because |
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> the /usr/lib path is hard-coded all over the place (ie, not multilib |
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> compliant), but it's always sort of bugged me that these packages are |
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> in /usr/lib - They're not actually libaries (except for rox-clib). |
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> These rox applications are a new special case that don't fit into the |
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> FHS, called "Application Directories"[2], and I need a good place to |
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> put them. |
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> Please note that every rox application creates a symlink in /usr/bin |
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> which runs the application regardless of where it exists in the |
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> filesystem, so from an end-user perspective this doesn't really |
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> matter. (Except a small bit of migration when I actually do move these |
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> packages, which will be the topic for another day). |
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> I'd like input from any interested parties on where the proper |
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> location may be. Here are some ideas with their justifications and |
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> problems, as I see them: |
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> ... |
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Have you considered /usr/lib/misc/rox? |
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Ed |
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