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On 27-05-2011 11:42:21 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote: |
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> The EPREFIX suggested on the bootstrap page[1] (at least for Mac) is |
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> completely non-portable, since EPREFIX=${HOME}/Gentoo will change with |
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> every single username. This prevents people like me from sharing |
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> useful things like crossdev toolchains that might not be so easy for |
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> others to put together. |
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We do this on (big) purpose. We don't assume a user to have |
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administrative permissions at all. One of the places that are always |
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writable for a user is his/her $HOME. Using any of the /opt or /Users |
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like you suggest would generate many questions and bugs by people that |
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get errors because they can't write there. |
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You're doing stuff now that's beyond what Prefix was originally intended |
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for, or what we would suggest people to do on a daily basis. I like it |
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a lot (like Jeremy), but I guess you can just chose an offset now that |
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is much smarter than $HOME/Gentoo :) |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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