Re: Retreive installed gnustep version

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

David Chisnall wrote:
> This shouldn't be true, if they install -make from the packages too.  In the 
> FreeBSD case, if you install the core GNUstep packages from, uh, packages, then 
> you will be able to compile things with the same compile flags and so on that 
> we do - the other packages are all built using the gnustep-make package.
I don't know if "make" supports debian-style "splitting". Here we are 
speaking of a greater change than just setting the "layout" and the 
"prefix" settings.
> As a somewhat related question, I am pondering whether it makes sense for 
> FreeBSD to switch to installing all packaged applications in the System domain, 
> so that Local is free for installed-from-source things, and it becomes trivial 
> to revert to the system-provided stuff by just blowing away the Local domain.
I think it makes sense. Although GNUstep would say "System" are 
system-related applications and "Local" local to the machine, I think it 
is a choice that would amke things more manageable for the user who 
wants to mix apps, grossly remapping "/usr" and Local to "/usr/local"

I wonder what the opinion of others on this topic is, Gregory, Richard, 
Nicola....

Riccardo