On Sunday 28 October 2007 05:52:24 Peter Flynn wrote: > James Sparenberg wrote: > [me] > > >> filetree: texmf > >> default-install-location: /usr/share > >> alternate-install-location: /usr/local/share > >> alternate-install-location: /mnt/* > >> alternate-install-location: /media/* > >> > >> (the * meaning "prompt user"). Purists will hate the idea of initiating > >> a dialog during an install, but for applications which have a very large > >> data footprint like TeX, I think it's justifiable. > > > > But allowing files all over the place violates the FHS. > > Sure...so do it with a soft link /media/whatever/texmf /usr/share/texmf > It's not important *how* it's done, merely to provide for its doing. > Otherwise it makes the package more hardware-dependent than it need be. > What makes the package HW dependent is the arch it's compiled for. (unless it's a driver) Not the location of the install. That's why the FHS. all *nix's have nearly the same file structure. James
