gobo file structure

[Artificial Intelligence]

Would you use Linux distro with a file structure like this, if a distro used it (other than gobolinux ofcause)?

 

http://gobolinux.org/?page=at_a_glance

Edited November 11, 2006 by Artificial Intelligence

[dexter11]

Of course I would. This makes package management a way lot easyer. Don't know if it's causing some other issues or not though. Like how does this effect the system security.

I'm afraid though that this is the only advantage of Gobo Linux yet comparing to other distros. But it's still only 2 years old.

I wish Mandriva would start to use this kind of package management.

[theYinYeti]

I've known about this distro for a long time, yet I'm satisfied with Mdv so I never tried. However, I like the concept a lot, and since I've read about it, I apply this concept with the packages I compile from source.

 

For example:

I have program A, version 1.2.3 ,to install:

# cd /usr/local/src
# tar -xzf A-1.2.3.tgz && cd A-1.2.3
# mkdir /opt/A-1.2.3
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/A-1.2.3 && make && make install

Whenever I want to "enable" this program, I run

lndir /opt/A-1.2.3 /usr/local

, and when I want to "disable" this program, I run

ulndir /opt/A-1.2.3 /usr/local

(lndir and ulndir are two scripts I wrote).

Removing a program is simple:

rm -rf /opt/A-1.2.3

 

It is great! An application/library == A directory. It is simple and effective.

 

Yves.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

@theYinYeti: Could you share those scripts? If not here, because it is off-topic, maybe in Tips and Tricks? or by PM? :D

[dexter11]

Forgot to write that though the idea is brilliant how they made it is not. Big part of their file structure is just renamed POSIX dirs e.g. Users=home, Settings=etc. They could have done using the old names.