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Article #1577Re: Where to install gnu stuff in the file system?
From: Snoopy
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1989 15:39
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1989 15:39
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In article <BOB.89Apr26093313@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu> bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
|(BTW, gnu.config is really for discussion of the configuration of the
|gnu.* sub-Usenet, not for discussion of how to configure GNU software;
I hereby suggest the creation of gnu.misc to hold random topics that
don't have their own group. Many other usenet branches have a misc group
and it seems to work reasonably well. The gnu.misc group could hold
discussion on copyright (left, up, down, etc) issues, the current
"where should I put the stuff in my filesystem?" question, and other
topics that aren't specific to a particular piece of software.
|In article <HAM.89Apr25211501@polya.Stanford.EDU> ham@polya.Stanford.EDU (Peter R. Ham) writes:
| Is there a standard place to install gnu stuff in a Unix file
| system?
I recently created /usr/gnu, thus: /usr/gnu/bin, /usr/gnu/lib, etc.
There's getting to be enough programs that gnu deserves its own directory,
at a place reasonably low in the tree. I then modified ghostscript to
look for ghost.ps and friends in /usr/gnu/lib/gs, so I don't have to have
them in the current directory.
It seems unlikely that everyone will agree on the 'proper' or 'best'
place to put stuff. Perhaps we can agree on a standard set of macros
to use, and then it will be easy to configure the makefile or .h file
for a particular site. install.h anyone?
What's worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm?
Finding a lawyer.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!tektronix!psueea!qiclab!sopwith!snoopy From: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug,gnu.config Subject: Re: Where to install gnu stuff in the file system? Message-ID: <162@sopwith.UUCP> Date: 28 Apr 89 15:39:07 GMT References: <HAM.89Apr25211501@polya.Stanford.EDU> <BOB.89Apr26093313@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) Distribution: gnu Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 35