Re: GNUstep.sh / env sanity patches

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 18 Aug 2004, at 03:07, Rogelio M.Serrano Jr. wrote:

> Supporting two different moveable GNUstep installations on one machine 
> is just too complicated. You might as well use a virtual machine. Is 
> there anything in the Openstep specs to allow for that? There seems to 
> be an assumption that there is only one Openstep system installed per 
> machine.
>
> Am I missing something?

Well, supporting multiple installations is only very slightly more 
complex than supporting a single relocatable installation,
and supporting a relocatable installation is essential for some people 
(I want customer to be able to install systems where they want them).

To use a virtual machine, I would need to obtain,install,run some 
virtual-machine software ... I think thats in a completely different 
ballpark of complexity from having GNUstep support multiple locations 
itsself.

You are right in saying that there is nothing in OpenStep to allow for 
multiple installations, but I don't think that is an issue.