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

[David Mallwitz]

On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Rafael Fernández López wrote:

> 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.

	You might want to check out Gobolinux, it's an unusual distro that  
make the breaks the FHS by making the file system into a version  
control system for installed packages. Gobolinux has a "rootless"  
option that lets an unprivileged user install software into their  
home directory using their package system. It can work in conjunction  
with any other distro, Gentoo included.
http://www.gobolinux.org/?page=rootless

Dave
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