Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:45:49 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: kstailey@surfbest.net Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: [ade@FreeBSD.org: suggests installing in a USER's HOME dir] Message-ID: <20020216034549.GA51544@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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----- Forwarded message from Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> -----
On 02/15/02 21:21, "Alan Eldridge" <alane@geeksrus.net> wrote:
> But nobody ever did chime in with an idea of where the best place to put
> a 200-400MB *writable* file, installed by a port, is. And that, of course,
> was the whole point in cc'ing portmgr. So, any thoughts on that?
There is no precedent for this. The closest port (and its aways away by a
long shot) is vmware, when it creates its disk images, usually within the
users home directory.
Hmm. Perhaps instead of using a hardcoded location, you fix0r the code to
dig up the users home directory getpwuid(geteuid()), and use/create a klh
(or even .klh) subdirectory for the writable stuff? Store a gzipped copy
somewhere in ${PREFIX}, and provide an "initialize" script to do the
necessary magic.
-aDe
----- End forwarded message -----
So, to follow onto this, here's a suggestion:
1. Store the compressed PI disk image in /usr/local/share/whatever.
2. Create an "install as user" script. This creates a custom set of .ini
files and copies them, along with an uncompressed disk image, to a directory
that a user specifies.
IOW, basically what he said, and which was also one of my earlier suggestions.
Bottom line is, there's just no reliable way to pick a place that will fit
the requirements of (1) unique to local machine (2) big enough (3) writable.
--
Alan Eldridge
"Dave's not here, man."
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