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Re: ITP: netpbm


Charles Wilson wrote:
> 
> Funny you should use 'X' as your variable.  Think /usr/X11R6/bin/...
> 

So, I would like to see /usr/netpbm/bin.

> I agree, we shouldn't worry too much about keeping /bin "clean" --
> although distributions are moving towards putting stuff into /opt/pkg/*
> and making symlinks these days.
> 

Symlinks are slow for Win32, avoid them.

> However, IMO netpbm, like XF86, is a special case -- how many other
> packages have 223 executable files and scripts?  ("KDE" doesn't count;
> the KDE environment consists of lots of different packages; netpbm is
> one integral unit (or at most 4).  And besides, doesn't KDE install into
> its own tree?)
> 

As for the # of executables in the /bin directory, isn't there a limit
to the number of files and/or directory entries in any one directory on
win32?

Earnie.


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