Re: execline-1.05 non-root installation problem

Stefan Karrmann <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:52:37 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.djb.package
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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