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From: | Lloyd Dupont |
Subject: | Re: GNUSTEP_USER_CONFIG problem (Windows) |
Date: | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:11:57 +1000 |
Yes ... obviously on Windows only ;-) as locating gnustep-base on disk is not necessarily easy on a generic platform, in some cases the root reason for having a config file is to be able to locate gnustep-base on disk! ;-) But on Windows, it looks very attractive to have self-relocatable stuff that you can install anywhere on disk and works.
It's even a .. requirement for OpenSource stuff which change everyday.Even *if* each GNUstep version (there is a new version every day in CVS) is compatible backward & forward you still have lots of different build setting (there are so many "#if" in the code) So if every GNUstep dependent application install GNUstep in a standart location you're going to end up with the infamous "DLL Hell" problem.
Better to have relocatable package you could install along your application.
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