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List:       djbdns
Subject:    Re: daemontools /package directory
From:       Mirko Steiner <mirko.steiner () slashdevslashnull ! de>
Date:       2004-02-26 10:21:37
Message-ID: 20040226102137.GA68991 () slashdevslashnull ! de
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 09:37:48AM +0100, Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:47:49 +0100
> Mirko Steiner <mirko.steiner@slashdevslashnull.de> wrote:
> 
> > hm... i haven't proof if any binary cares where it exists... but...
> 
> Well, some binaries care where parts of them exist (like when
> you compile with -R on solaris). 

I won't argue that point, i never sad that daemontools care or
don't care. I only sad, that I haven't proof it, it could be that they
care but it could also be that they don't care where they exist in the
filesystem.

> > i would make the install script so, that it gets the daemontools source
> > and compile and install it for each machine.
> 
> Sounds OK to me.

so should it be.

> > Okay... its a controversial subject... ``/package'' ``/command''
> > ``/service'' but... it has a clear structure and it works (thouse are
> > the main ``problems'' with DJB software... :) ) and... on an linux
> > box... naa i dont want to waste words... :)
> 
> One thing is sure - djb groks Unix better than the people
> who foisted SysV startup scripts on us. 

true, true :) thats why I wrote problems in inverted comma's.

> And you're wasting dots :-)

it' a nasty habit I know :)

Mirko
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