Re: Symlinks from Tools to Applications

[David Ayers]

Nicola Pero schrieb:
> This might sound heretical, but I'd like to make our FHS integration more 
> tight by
> symlinking app binaries from the Tools directory. :-)
> 
> In other words, when you install GNUMail.app I'd like to create the symlink
> 
> GNUSTEP_LOCAL_TOOLS/GNUMail --> GNUSTEP_LOCAL_APPS/GNUMail.app/{...}/GNUMail
> 
> (in the non-flattened case we'd put the symlink in the appropriate subdir).
> (eg, in FHS that would mean
> 
> /usr/bin/GNUMail --> /usr/lib/GNUstep/Apps/GNUMail.app/{...}/GNUMail)
> 
[snip]
> Any objections to me adding this symlink ?
> 

I think the general idea is good!   Yet I don't understand the
non-flattened case.  Wouldn't we need to create symlink in the target
specific executable directory?

Cheers,
David