Re: Need for Cross Platform Updates Distribution


Subject: Re: Need for Cross Platform Updates Distribution
From: Simon Hill (ibis@metasystema.org)
Date: Wed Jun 21 2000 - 17:02:19 MDT


Hello,

With respect to the opt problem, I find a simple

# ln -s /usr /opt

solves the problem nicely. Assuming you don't REALLY ever want to put
anything in /opt.

Regards,

Simon Hill (simon@metasystema.org)
http://www.metasystema.org/

On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Olaf Hering wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 18, hendricks wrote:
>
>
> > My idea is that the iso-image (identical) would be available from all
> > distributions and also sold for some small fee by all distributions.
> >
> > I can create all of the JDK binaries, I am building the kde2 beta 2
> > stuff as I write this, I have all the GNOME Helix 1.2 binaries and
> > srpms, Jack has the XFree 4.0 rpms and srpms with the latest G4/Rage 128
> > Pro fixes in place, I have the Xpmac source (and some changes from
> > Ryuichi to integrate), I have access to alot of patches (both from
> > Blackdown and Sun) that fix serious bugs in OpenMotif 2.1, Franz already
> > has posted his latest tool chain, and Paul's 2.2.16 rsync kernel is
> > available right now. I also have the cvs from last night of Mozilla and
> > will build it this week.
> >
> > All of this would be available for some sort of joint effort to quickly
> > get out an updates CD for everyone to use.
> >
> > What do people think? Is this stealing too much thunder from thenext
> > distributions releases? If not, I say let's do it.
>
> The idea is good, but it will not work because every distro has its own
> filesystem structure. As example, we put everything under
> /opt/{kde,gnome}, the RedHat based distros somewhere under /usr. Another
> problem is the naming convention of the rpm files. We have a rpms with
> maximal 8 chars and this will lead to problems when upgrading the stuff.
> You can not mix that or your rpm database becomes useless.
>
>
>
> Gruss Olaf
>
> --
> $ man clone
>
> BUGS
> Main feature not yet implemented...
>



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