On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 10:55:19AM +0000, Justin Haaheim wrote: > It would seem to me that there should be a file system map -- perhaps a > text file in /etc -- that would layout the structure for the filesystem. > It could be made to be more specific (i.e. you could layout things > like putting dotfiles into their folder.), but it could also be as > general as "general-programs: /usr/lib/, general-binaries: /usr/bin/." > From an organizational standpoint, it would seem to me that this is > something linux should have. Linux as an os is becoming so flexible and > dynamic that this seems like it should already be implemented. > Implementation is, of course, the problem. It would require all the > package managers and make installs to look to that /etc file or to env > variables for their install path, and that seems a bit daunting. I'd be > interested in helping to develop it (as much as I can) not because > linux needs a different layout, but because it needs to be more dynamic. > > Peter Clark wrote: > > I was reading up on the Linux file system layout > >(http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/chap_03.html) and wonder just > >_how_ difficult it would be to remap the structure, say into a OSX-like > >layout. Well, I guess this would require everything to be patched and > >recompiled (not a problem for Gentoo users, right? :) Has anyone ever > >tried this? Well, while I'm dreaming, I would also patch all programs that > >store data in $HOME/.program-name-rc to $HOME/.dotfiles/.program-name-rc > >or something like that. Any other ideas? # # # # # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ####### # ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # # # florin -- "NT is to UNIX what a doughnut is to a particle accelerator." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030505/da498ed0/attachment.pgp