Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 23:18:42 -0500 From: Ken Stailey <kstailey@surfbest.net> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [ade@FreeBSD.org: suggests installing in a USER's HOME dir] Message-ID: <3C6DDDA2.9000302@surfbest.net> References: <20020216034549.GA51544@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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Alan Eldridge wrote:
>----- 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.
>
How about /usr/ports/distfiles instead? It would save 45MB not to have
another copy of the PI disk image.
>
>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.
>
How about just
# make install IMAGE_HOME=/my/favorite/dir/for/giant/writable/files
>
>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.
>
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