checkinstall (was re: SxS distro)

Keith Antoine kantoine
Mon May 17 11:32:39 PDT 2004


On Tuesday 04 June 2002 12:15 am, you wrote:
> Skippy:
> 	you could do this:
> cd /usr/src
> ln -s OpenLinux packages
>
> I've gotten in the habit of doing the following on every box that I admin:
> cd /usr/src/
> mkdir packages
> ln -s packages SuSE
> ln -s packages RedHat
> ln -s packages OpenLinux
>
> that way, whatever I download "finds" the directory it expects

Actually at the moment its working , I used Tims' edit the script method. 
However this way would be far easier to enable. Thanks mate.

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Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy'
18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage




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