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- From: Stephen Usher <Stephen.Usher@earth.ox.ac.uk>
- Subject: Re: Software for MiNX (I'd like this name...)
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 11:37:23 +0000 (GMT)
- In-Reply-To: <199401191029.AA27007@ruulot.let.ruu.nl> from "Annius Groenink" at Jan 19, 94 11:29:27 am
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- >> In this mail, I want to introduce the things I set up
- >> at home in the last days - inspirated by the discussion
- >> here in the mint list.
- >>
- >> I tried to find a path structure that can be accepted
- >> by everyone, but, of course, it's just a suggestion.
- >
- >Now there's something useful, instead of endless discussions on a
- >so-called 'standard', just compile something which looks good, and make
- >it available so that it will become a 'de facto' standard.
-
- Well.. this is what I've been doing with my init package, it's just that
- people wanted it formalised.
-
- >Now all you need is a little advertising.
-
- I've been doing this, in a small way. I've even amost got around to an
- install script in Perl. :-)
-
- >Now don't think I am suddenly supporting the waffles about sources which
- >use fixed paths---but I do agree that it is nice to have a roughly agreed
- >distribution of the UNIX-like binaries. Also, I think the way you put it
- >in the archive, this is probably the way to install MiNT for the first
- >time which causes the least amount of headache.
-
- Fixed 'virtual' paths are fine for MiNT as you can set the whole lot up even
- under a purely TOSFS system merely using sym-links in U:\
-
- >--
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-
- Steve
-
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