[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr

[James Lee]

On 10/12/09, 19:55:49, Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote regarding Re:
[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr:

> > If I had the solution I'd have made a suggestion long ago.  I'm saying
> > although I haven't complained myself I do support anyone else for whom
> > it is an issue and I support the quest for an alternative.

> ah. fair enough there. i wouldnt ever say "this is perfect, i'm going
> to ignore any other proposals for alternatives". I would say that I
> just want other alternatives to be *at least as good*.

I define better as not writing to /usr.


> > It might be possible to use the existing build/sed classes and provide
> > developer tools that write the necessary code to work with those classes.
> > I make ghostscript, groff and some others to install the correct paper
> > size using request and the existing build class.  I've no idea if the
> > standard classes would work or if another technology is needed but as
> > long as CSW needs to write to /usr there is room for improvement.

> Well, there are probably some things for which we can use existing sun
> provided classes.
> But they ARE *very* limited.

The build class runs the 2 scripts supplied in the package file so isn't
limited.



James.