Comment by JonathonW

4 years ago

GoboLinux symlinks everything into an FHS-ish structure under /System/Index/ so you still have a single place where binaries/libraries/includes/etc. live. (There are also symlinks from /usr/lib, /usr/bin, and others into /System/Index/ for compatibility with programs where those might be hardcoded.)

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short12  4 years ago

That actually seems like some low hanging fruit to go on a commit spree correcting code that hard codes paths

  • oblio  4 years ago

    GoboLinux is old enough to vote in most countries.

    So either those low hanging fruits are higher than they seem, or we're all just a bunch of dwarves.

    My bet is on the second option.

  • matheusmoreira  4 years ago

    It is low hanging fruit as far as the software is concerned. Simply parameterize all paths.

    Will upstream accept such patches though? Sounds unlikely to me.