Re: glibc; introducing slashpackage-foreign

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >    I have to use './configure [...] --prefix=[...]
   >    --with-headers=[...]'  because I have every package installed
   >    into its own hierarchy of
   > 
   > Then your system is broken.

   That's an interesting definition of "broken" you're using here.

The need for that flag alone makes your systen broken.

   >    Everyone, feel free to ask questions if you want to know more
   >    about that system.
   > 
   > It all seems like a basterdised version of stowfs/packagefs.

   If that is the niveau you decide to use to discuss methods that are
   new to you, different from those you're already used to, then there
   is no use in continuing this "discussion" with you.

Now you are being really silly... Can't you even take some simple
criticisim without having to resort to these silly things?  What you
presented is indeed a silly and basterdised version of
stowfs/packagefs.  Nor is it "new", infact it is quite old.

   I was under the assumption that the Hurd people (I'm aware that
   only Alfed replied so far) would be interested in replacing --
   well, in some way -- deadlocked UNIX techniques with superior ones.

Yes, and we do that, stowfs/packagefs is a example.  What you
presented was a basteredised version of it that is based on the same
old "deadlocked UNIX techniques" but pretending to be "new" in some
obscure way.


Seriously, if you can't handle some criticism, don't ask for it to
begin with.