[gentoo-user] [OT] What about a new file system subtree?

[Rafael Fernández López]

Hi,

	Since I have started a project that needs to be redistributed (it'll be GPL) 
I've started to deeply read Autoconf and Automake manuals.

	Well, I had read some of FHS too, to know what I should do and what I should 
not do with my file hierarchy.

	But, what came to my mind (maybe it's possible today) is that we could make a 
new "file system" subtree in every ~. For example, a user will be able to do 
a "./configure ; make" but if the system is well-administrated a user won't 
be able to run a "make install", since it can cause problems to the system. 
(I know we, Gentoo users, don't care about that). But what I wanted to say is 
that if we are not root (typical case) we could do a "./configure ; make ; 
make install" (in an app called 'whatever') and it could create for example 
"/home/me/bin/whatever" and "/home/me/share/doc/whatever" or 
"/home/me/doc/whatever", and so on.

	That would be great since a normal user won't infect any root filesystem, and 
an administrator can fix any tricky problem deleting "/home/me".

Bye and thanks !,
Rafael Fernández López.