Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:41:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/dos for doscmd Message-ID: <199708130211.LAA11202@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19970810170138.SM15800@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Aug 10, 97 05:01:38 pm"
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J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > > No, /usr/local is already reserved for the ports system. /compat > perhaps not. I still vote for /usr/libdata/dos/. I'll second that, insofar as from the point of view of the system, DOS binaries and the doscmd.kernel file are both "data". > > > About relying on X11 being installed... Can't that be made checked > > > at runtime? By using dlopen() instead of normal dependency, or > > > so? > > > Nice idea. > > Did'ya ever try? I think that's gonna be hard if many symbols are > being used. I just looked at it; it would be hell without rewriting the (fairly disgusting) terminal interface. There was some work being done on this a while back; I am hoping that with the latest burst of enthusiasm one or more of the original hackers will get involved again. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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