Re: GNU System Explanation

[Tom Bachmann]

Claudio Fontana wrote:
> > The goal is to make package installation and removal
> > as easy as cp and rm.
>
>
> Some pre/post installation stuff seems needed.
> What about install-info, for example? Maintaining
> $(infodir)/dir seems not possible by just using
>
> $ tar -zxvf package_name.tgz
>
> in a dedicated dir in /packages/

Why not?
If /share/info is just a translator that shows all /packages/*/info dirs?
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