[csw-maintainers] User requests symlinking from /usr/bin to /opt/csw/bin

Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski maciej at opencsw.org
Wed Nov 18 10:49:16 CET 2009


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Hi Maciej,
>
> Am 18.11.2009 um 10:06 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
>>
>> There's a user request to create symlinks from /usr/bin to
>> /opt/csw/bin, for instance, /usr/bin/lpr --> /opt/csw/bin/lpr.
>>
>> http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=2924
>>
>> I think there might be a use case for it, but at the same time, why
>> not just set the PATH?  I don't mind creating such package, but we're
>> not putting anything into /usr/bin by the rule.  What are your
>> thoughts?  Create a package with symlinks or not?
>
> Well, I have at least one customer who needs it that way :-)

All right, I'm rolling a it now then!  Will be in testing later day.

Maciej



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