Making PROG_PREFIX a symlink option
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Description
Arch Linux and Debian current package uutils differently:
- Arch Linux installs them to
/usr/bin/uu-*usingPROG_PREFIX - Debian installs them to
/usr/lib/cargo/bin/coreutils/usingBINDIR
The Debian approach has the benefit of allowing to edit $PATH to opt-into uutils. I wonder if, as a compromise, there could be a way to combine those two, so:
- there's a folder that can be added to
$PATH - the binaries are also symlinked from that folder to
/usr/binwith auu-*prefix so there's no breaking change
This could look like:
PREFIX=/usrBINDIR=/usr/lib/cargo/binSYMLINKDIR=/usr/binPROG_PRFIX=uu-
This would install sort to:
/usr/lib/cargo/bin/sort/usr/bin/uu-sort
There's currently users trying to build work-arounds (both of them removing system coreutils, risking their system becoming unbootable):
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Research direction
Start by tracing how PROG_PREFIX and BINDIR control installation and where command-line binaries are placed. Define the SYMLINKDIR behavior described in the issue, preserving the existing uu-* paths while also installing unprefixed binaries in the PATH-addable directory; done means both locations are supported without removing system coreutils.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100