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Re: GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT separated from GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
From: |
Richard Frith-Macdonald |
Subject: |
Re: GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT separated from GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:12:01 +0000 |
On Sunday, February 18, 2001, at 01:50 PM, Nicola Pero wrote:
>
> Matthias Klose asked me if it would be possible to allow the
> GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT to be completely separated from the
> GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT, ie in Debian they want to do something like -
>
> GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT = /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/
> GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT = /usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Local/
>
> Because it seems their filesystem policies do not like having the
> Local root under /usr/ - they want it under /usr/local/.
>
> Any points against this change ?
>
> Any complicated stuff to do to make it work you are aware of ?
>
> A different GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT would be triggered by using an option
> to configure gnustep-make. The weird GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT would be
> somewhat saved into your GNUstep.sh.
>
> Would this change break something in the bundle code ?
I see not problem with it.
Actually, I'm not sure whether GNUstep.sh should be setting these environment
variables ... perhaps it should leave them alone if they are already set up?