Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 03:36:26PM +, Ken Gilmour ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Replying to the message sent by Karsten M. Self ?on Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:51:35 -0800, > received at 15:32:59 on 21/11/2003. Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > >Much of your objective could be attained via a reasonable par

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-21 Thread Ken Gilmour
Replying to the message sent by Karsten M. Self  on Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:51:35 -0800, received at 15:32:59 on 21/11/2003. Karsten M. Self wrote: >Much of your objective could be attained via a reasonable partitioning >scheme.  The existing Debian Policy specification of what files go where >alread

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:01:42PM -0800, Wm.G.McGrath ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > 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 > > The history of *nix is very diverse and

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-18 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:49:22AM -0800, Wm.G.McGrath wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:58:47 -0700 > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > : I don't know the answer to your question, but: > : > : The thing that really sold me on switching from RH to Debian was a > : document called File

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:49:22AM -0800, Wm. G. McGrath wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:58:47 -0700 > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : The thing that really sold me on switching from RH to Debian was a > : document called File Heirarchy Standard. FHS sets out in great > : detail exactl

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-17 Thread Wm . G . McGrath
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:58:47 -0700 Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : I don't know the answer to your question, but: : : The thing that really sold me on switching from RH to Debian was a : document called File Heirarchy Standard. FHS sets out in great : detail exactly where every type

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-17 Thread Wm . G . McGrath
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 01:04:42 + Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : 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

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-15 Thread Colin Watson
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

Re: Theoretical APT question

2003-11-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:01:42PM -0800, Wm.G.McGrath wrote: > > Hi, > > 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 > > The history of *nix is very diverse and reflected in the (n

Theoretical APT question

2003-11-15 Thread Wm . G . McGrath
Hi, 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 The history of *nix is very diverse and reflected in the (needless?) complexity of its directory structure. /usr is very large and used f