[arch-general] install packages using links?

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

clemens fischer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Whenever I install autotools-aware programs from source, they don't go
> into /usr/local as is customary, but into their own directory called
> /opt/<package>/<version>, and then files in
> /opt/<package>/<version>/{{s,}bin,man} etc. get symlinked into their
> counterparts in /usr/local.  I am using spill[1] for this.
>
> Thus, for gpp-2.24, which is a preprocessor like cpp(1) sporting
> modifiable syntax, the result is:
>
> /usr/local/bin/gpp -> /opt/gpp/2.24/bin/gpp*
> /usr/local/man/man1/gpp.1 -> /opt/gpp/2.24/man/man1/gpp.1
>
> The advantage is easy to see:  you can always see what package some file
> belongs to, and removing a package is as simple as removing matching
> links and the installation directory.  All files belonging to a package
> are in one place.  spill(8) automates package installation and
> management, but this can be done manually as well.
>
> Would going this route for arch-linux packages be seen as an
> improvement?
>
> [1] http://www.rpcurnow.force9.co.uk/spill/
>
>
> clemens
>
> PS:  I originally sent this to arch-dev-public@, but obviously I can
>      subscribe to that list while not qualified to post.
>
>   
Maybe GoboLinux is for you http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoboLinux

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