From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100328131735.GA2390@polynum.com> References: <116f80ebe8eb00f5abc98350c8159bb7@yyc.orthanc.ca> <13426df11003260956v7be21565vadb9e5b6c3f25d81@mail.gmail.com> <20100326215054.GA364@polynum.com> <20100328131735.GA2390@polynum.com> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:39:59 +0200 Message-ID: From: hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Man pages for add-ons: pax? Topicbox-Message-UUID: f6ebea36-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Wow, I really don't get that grammar. Could you perhaps sketch up some UML-diagram to make yourself clear? Or is it just my bad English? And again my question: do you guys actually try to fix an existing problem or are you making one up for scientific reasons? On 3/28/10, tlaronde@polynum.com wrote: > From the diverse input, wouldn't it be more logical to do the following: > > 1) All "contrib" packages write in /$objtype/bin, /rc/bin and /sys/man > (or /man, see 3). > > 2) It's up the user to "bind -c" in /$objtype/bin, /rc/bin and > /sys/man so that written files end where he wants. Depending on who > installs, so depending on the namespace, all flavors can be achieved > (system wide or individual). > > 3) Shouldn't /man and /rc/bin be, as /bin, "empty unwritable directories, > place holders", with an initial bind(1) (without "-c"; probably > $objtype agnostic either, since almost all programs are supposed to > exist in an $objtype flavor for man, and should not be a concern for rc) > of /sys/man and (new) /sys/rc/bin there? > > Note: in this scheme /rc/bin is more a mean (an undirection) so that rc > programs end in the correct place than something usefull at use time, > since it ends probably bind'ed in /bin. > -- > Thierry Laronde (Alceste) > http://www.kergis.com/ > Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C > >