Re: execline-1.05 non-root installation problem

Laurent Bercot (Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:39:15PM +0200):
> > Scripts should be `compiled', too. During script compilation you can
> > choose the first line to contain `#! $SP_ROOT/command/execlineb'.
> 
>  Duh. What if I want to distribute an external execline script ?

Well, if you don't have root access the execline script would fail
anyway.

>  Read http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage/studies.html again, especially
> the "perl" part.
>  Lemme repeat again: hardcoded paths are slashpackage's *main* advantage.

IMHO the globally unique names are the main advantage.
Any user should be able to use any (besides security) package regardless
of root access.

Sincerly,
-- 
Stefan