Thread: "Install here" : why Linux doesn't do it?
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-10-13 , 22:12
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#143
Originally Posted by lma View Post
You say that as if it was a good thing. In effect we're going back to 2005 (the /var/lib/install situation) only worse (PATH bloat, no external interpreters, libs etc allowed) and it still doesn't do what the OP wants. Technically it's a bit more FHS-compliant, so I guess it's alright then.
The fact that package separation is being thought about *is* a good thing. Whether the way they are doing it is the *best* way of going about it, is a different story entirely (on a side note, the external interpreters/libs/etc issue has nothing to do with the dir/file layout of the packages).
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