On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:01:42PM -0800, Wm. G. McGrath wrote: > Is there any way I can reset the directory/partition that apt uses > to install software? I believe it currently install packages under > /usr... and /var....
Debian packages aren't relocatable, I'm afraid. Their maintainer scripts frequently contain absolute paths or call other utilities that expect certain absolute paths, and changing this would be a ginormous amount of effort that isn't likely to happen any time soon. This isn't specific to apt; it's inherent in the structure of our current packaging scheme (so closer to dpkg than apt). Sorry. In the special case where you want to move *everything* to a particular tree, then you could use a chroot. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
