On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 01:48:21PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, David Kastrup wrote:
>
> > Use this, for example, to do
> > rm -rf /opt/git
> > make prefix=/opt/git install
> > make symlinkprefix=/usr/local prefix=/opt/git install-symlinks
>
> You mean
>
> This target allows you to have git installed in one location,
> and have symbolic links to all of the programs installed in
> another location. For example, if git was installed to /opt/git
> with
>
> make prefix=/opt/git install
>
> you can install symbolic links in /usr/local/bin with
>
> make symlinkprefix=/usr/local prefix=/opt/git \
> install-symlinks
>
> Hmm. Why not install it with a proper package manager in the correct
> place to begin with? Somehow I find so many symbolic links ugly.
>
Seeing this excellent explantion from Dscho, this sound exactly like a
perfect use case for xstow [1].
It allows you to install your application into e.g. /usr/local/stow/git
and by running 'xstow git' in /usr/local/stow it would create all the
necessary links in /usr/local/{bin,share,doc} or any other place you
want.
-Peter
[1]: http://xstow.sourceforge.net/
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