Re: pkg manager, arch-dependent files and autoload

[David Bateman]

Michael Goffioul wrote:
> On 5/20/07, David Bateman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Michael Goffioul wrote:
>> > What if the PKG_ADD file contains command that are not related
>> > to arch-dependent files (non autoload command)? Should there be
>> > a separate PKG_ADD file?
>> >
>>
>> Yes, but given the multitude of places where the PKG_ADD commands can be
>> defined how do you create the two files reliably? I believe the only
>> PKG_ADD command that needs to be in the same directory as another file
>> are the autoload commands and these are exclusively for oct-files, so it
>> seemed save to me to have it in the architecture dependent directory..
> 
> I used PKG_ADD to load java jar files located in the same directory as
> the PKG_ADD file. However, jar files are arch-independent. Anyway, I can
> live with it and find a workaround (by appending ".." to the path).
> 

Grrr.. Splitting PKG_ADD is desirable I just see no simple way to do
it.. If you can think of one then we should split it..

D.