From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 12 19:11:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA09909 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA09903 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:11:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA11202; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:41:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708130211.LAA11202@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: /usr/dos for doscmd In-Reply-To: <19970810170138.SM15800@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Aug 10, 97 05:01:38 pm" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:41:27 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[