On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 07:49:09PM +0100, Chris January wrote: >> > If it overwrites it, then I have packaged it wrongly. It should put >ps.exe >> > and kill.exe into separate subdirectories, i.e. /bin/procps/ps.exe and >> > /usr/bin/procps/kill.exe. >> >> >> PLEASE do not differentiate between /bin and /usr/bin. This caused no >> end of trouble during the early days of setup.exe when setup didn't >> *always* follow the mounts. Granted, setup is much better about that >> sort of thing now, but don't tempt fate. >> >> There's no need for separate /bin and /usr/bin on cygwin. >> >> (I don't care about the procps/ subdirectory, but I doubt others will be >> very happy about it. cf. netpbm packagin discussion on cygwin-apps) >I've regenned the package without /usr/bin. >As for the procps subdirectory in /bin I was following the precedent set by >ncurses-test-dll.
Ouch. I wasn't aware of these. I don't like these any more than I'd like a /usr/bin/procps. However, it seems obvious that these directories don't actually have to be included in the path if you want to use ncurses. cgf
