From: Armando Di Cianno <fafhrd@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] any interest in removing /usr/qt and /usr/kde ?
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:38:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5cd1f229f47011114cecad3b3f29983a@mudra> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200409192323.23736@malte.stretz.eu.org>
Some questions, and my $0.02 ...
>>> I really do think this is what /opt was intended for. "Add-on"
>>> sounds
>>> to me like it's one of those purposefully open-ended words that you
>>> can
>>> interpret however you like. Actually, the whole section on /opt in
>>> the
>>> FHS reads that way ...
...
> But currently each distro does it how the maintainer like it (or
> interprets
> the FHS) -- Gentoo uses /usr/kde, SuSE /opt/kde, RedHat something
> else, and I
> think Debian throws all the stuff into /usr. To me this sounds like
> the FHS
> is flawed if it comes to stuff like this. Even the /usr/X11R6
> directory is
> only there because it was always there though an alternative is
> missing, too.
So, I'm taking care of bringing a usable GNUstep system into portage.
(Anyone following this: I'm pretty much waiting for another stable
release of -gui, as to not litter portage with cvs-pull-and-tar
ebuilds, before uploading anything...).
GNUstep has classically been installed into /usr/GNUstep, which would
obviously violate the FHS. The thing is, imho, the FHS is for
UNIX/UNIX-like systems, while GNUstep just-so-happens to be a system
that can run on top of UNIX/UNIX-like systems (as well as Windows, OS
X, etc). All that is required is a "root" to place it's base, and any
other run-time created files can be bridged into the FHS as
appropriate.
The problem is, that quite like X11, the hierarchy under .../GNUstep
is different from the rest of the FHS recommended directories,
reflecting the fact that GNUstep is not UNIX. I'd happily use /opt,
but that seems rather non-Gentoo, atm.
I'll be following this thread, and will likely follow recommendations,
as applicable, that are made for qt or kde. Keep in mind that GNUstep
is "a whole other system" and not just a "set of libraries and
programs". Any specific recommendations about what I should do
concerning GNUstep would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for keeping this in mind,
__armando
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2004-09-19 19:50 [gentoo-dev] any interest in removing /usr/qt and /usr/kde ? Thomas Weidner
2004-09-19 19:52 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2004-09-19 20:07 ` Mike Frysinger
2004-09-19 20:06 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-19 20:07 ` Joshua J. Berry
2004-09-19 20:13 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2004-09-19 20:16 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-19 20:26 ` Joshua J. Berry
2004-09-19 20:29 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2004-09-19 22:23 ` Joshua J. Berry
2004-09-20 8:41 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-19 20:37 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-19 21:23 ` Malte S. Stretz
2004-09-19 23:38 ` Armando Di Cianno [this message]
2004-09-20 8:48 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-20 9:47 ` Malte S. Stretz
2004-09-20 15:56 ` Armando Di Cianno
2004-09-20 19:52 ` Malte S. Stretz
2004-09-20 15:40 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-20 18:30 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-20 19:45 ` Malte S. Stretz
2004-09-19 22:35 ` Joshua J. Berry
2004-09-20 4:10 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-20 4:27 ` Mike Frysinger
2004-09-20 4:47 ` Luke-Jr
2004-09-20 6:09 ` Joshua J. Berry
2004-09-20 9:05 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-20 15:55 ` Sami Samhuri
2004-09-20 16:22 ` Carsten Lohrke
2004-09-20 16:36 ` Malte S. Stretz
2004-09-20 16:44 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-20 17:19 ` Malte S. Stretz
2004-09-20 17:36 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-20 22:58 ` foser
2004-09-20 17:42 ` Carsten Lohrke
2004-09-20 16:37 ` Dan Armak
2004-09-20 17:35 ` Carsten Lohrke
2004-09-20 18:52 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-20 19:17 ` Carsten Lohrke
2004-09-21 10:47 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2004-09-21 11:02 ` Duncan
2004-09-21 12:05 ` Carsten Lohrke
2004-09-21 4:58 ` Joel Konkle-Parker
2004-09-21 9:49 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-20 7:49 ` [gentoo-dev] " Simon Watson
2004-09-19 20:09 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-28 2:51 ` [gentoo-dev] " John Croisant
2004-09-28 8:19 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-28 9:24 ` Peter Ruskin
2004-09-28 9:37 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-28 20:32 ` John Croisant
2004-09-29 9:07 ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-09-19 21:55 ` [gentoo-dev] " Luke-Jr
2004-09-19 23:06 ` [gentoo-dev] " Thomas Weidner
2004-09-20 0:03 ` Luke-Jr
2004-09-20 0:55 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2004-09-20 3:50 ` Luke-Jr
2004-09-21 5:10 ` Joel Konkle-Parker
2004-09-21 17:29 ` Helmar Wieland
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