Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!cme!durer!rowe From: rowe@cme.nbs.gov (Walter Rowe) Newsgroups: gnu.config Subject: Re: Where to install gnu stuff in the file system? Message-ID: Date: 1 May 89 13:34:54 GMT References: Sender: news@cme.nbs.gov Distribution: gnu Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology Lines: 45 In-reply-to: ham@polya.Stanford.EDU's message of 26 Apr 89 04:15:01 GMT In article ham@polya.Stanford.EDU (Peter R. Ham) writes: > Is there a standard place to install gnu stuff in a > Unix file system? Maybe it doesn't matter, but there > must be some places that are more maintainable than others. > I'm planning to install stuff in /usr/local/src/gnu > like /usr/local/src/gnu/gcc etc. > Does this make sens? Where do other people put this stuff? I would say that this is pretty much a standard configuration. However, here at the bureau, we maintain a separate disk partition for the GNU software under the path /usr/local/depot. There are several advantages to this configuration: 1) We have a local file server where we maintain this code. It is a separate partition on the file server, and our other hosts simply mount this disk across the NFS (we have SUN workstations with a 3/280 as our file server). 2) This allows the other hosts to maintain their own /usr/local partitions in the usual manner (ie. localized src,bin,etc,...) 3) This provides for a centralized place where we can maintain the source code since we keep it online all the time. There is no reason to have multiple copies. This only leads to the problems of "Who has the latest mods ?" I would be interested to hear what others have to say concerning this issue, as well. I don't think that there is really one best method for maintaining code of this nature. -- Wally World ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sorry folks, but the park is closed. The moose out front should have told you so. - John Candy in "Vacation" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Walter P. Rowe USMAIL: National Institute of Standards UUCP: {...}!uunet!cme-durer!rowe and Technology (formerly NBS) ARPA: rowe@cme.nbs.gov Robotic Systems Division Rm. B-127, Bldg. 220 TELE: +1 (301) 975-3452 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include