Re: execline-1.05 non-root installation problem
Stefan Karrmann <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:52:37 +0200
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Paul Jarc (Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:28:30AM -0400): > Laurent Bercot <[email protected]> wrote: > > Supporting non-root installations would mean heavy changes in some > > packages like conn-tools, where /package/... paths are hardcoded. The > > whole point in slashpackage is to have reliable paths which _can_ safely > > be hardcoded. I understand this is inconvenient for non-root users, but > > I'm not willing to drop the main slashpackage advantage (for developers > > and admins) because of that. > > > And if you install execline under a different path, #!/command/execlineb > > scripts won't work without patching, which somehow defeats the purpose. Scripts should be `compiled', too. During script compilation you can choose the first line to contain `#! $SP_ROOT/command/execlineb'. Sincerly, -- Stefan