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- From: moacs11!walra@relay.nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
- Subject: Re: MiNT goes UNIX. I hope not.
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 19:50:38 +0100
-
- In <199401171650.AA21237@ruulot.let.ruu.nl>, Annius Goenink wrote:
-
- >> There will be no more "I downloaded package X but I can't get it working on
- >> my system" or "which environment variable does this package use to find the
- >> temporary directory" questions as the paths can be hard-coded. The OS does
- >> all the fiddly bits of working out which drive /tmp or /var/spool/mail etc
- >> are on. This is as it should be. Let the OS, not the user, take the strain,
- >> that's what it's there for.
- >
- > No, there will be 'which hard-coded directory does package X use? It doesn't
- > seem to work. Well, let's take a hex editor and check out the binary.'
- > We should find a solution which uses neither hard-coding nor environment
- > variables.
-
- The current mechanism, looking for an enironment variable first and use a
- hardcoded path if it ain't there, is not to bad. Only the way in which to
- decide what the builtin path must look like should be standardised, at the
- moment it's a bit chaotic, to say the least.
-
- Ofcourse some sort of standard configuration tool to modify the hardcoded
- paths (and other things as well) is very welcome. It enhances the flexibi-
- lity of the system. And I don't mean make+compiler+assembler+linker+...,
- but one simple tool, that doesn't need a lot of resources.
-
-
- Regards,
- Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)
-