Re: GNUstep.sh / env sanity patches

[John Davidorff Pell]

On 19 Aug 2004, at 03:33, Nicola Pero wrote:
> > By allowing for this, you are required to use hacks like this
> > /etc/GNUsteprc
>
> That's not a hack.  That's a native configuration file describing the
> GNUstep layout and setup on that machine.  You use that file to locate
> where GNUstep is and how is setup on the machine.

You have some obsession with your idea of "native"...

> > If we do not support this bad idea, then most of its functionality can
> > be ditched as the libraries and tools can manage most of it (through
> > relative paths) and LD_LIBRARY_PATH and GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES take care of
> > the rest.
>
> I don't think so.  How will gnustep-base find the location of the local
> domain ?  It must be hardcoded somewhere, right ?  So why not in a
> readable/editable text-file so you can both view what hardcoded value 
> is
> in there, and even edit it if you want ?  And here you have GNUsteprc. 
> :-)

it should not be editable, if it is then it is begging for damage by a) 
stupid users b) stupid packagers

Also, hardcoded does not mean text-file. Maybe we are using two 
different meanings of the term. By hardcoded I mean that there is no 
place that it is derived from, the library already knows it. Does this 
make sense?

If the library knows where it is, or uses all relative paths, then 
there is NO need to GNUsteprc.

> > On a separate note: if you have multiple systems installed, then you
> > cannot have /etc/GNUsteprc because system 2 will overwrite system 1's
> > rc file. If you install it on /GNUstep1 then you should know to use
> > /GNUstep1/System/Library/GNUsteprc.
>
> We already discussed this -- it will be supported, but you have to use 
> a
> configure switch if you are installing multiple systems to tell it to
> place the GNUsteprc for each system somewhere else (in that system's 
> root
> directory).

:-/ The only people who want to be able to change the GNUstep 
installation directory after build is packagers who need to roll out an 
installation into a semi-arbitrary location. If the /user/ has to 
re-compile to install it in a different location, then this defeats 
your whole argument.

JP

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