what i don't like about dub

Imperatorn johan_forsberg_86 at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 23 13:49:36 UTC 2021


On Tuesday, 23 November 2021 at 01:19:44 UTC, Alain De Vos wrote:
> What i don't like about dub is that is does not check which 
> software is installed on the host.
> Currentlu tck86 is installed on the host including header files 
> & shared libraries.
> But dub says let me just download my own personal version and i 
> will compile it in your home directory
> /home/myuser/.dub
> There is something inherently wrong in doing so.
>
> Note other package managers of different languages do the same 
> thing.
> dub should really check if something should really be 
> downloaded.
> Otherwise you end up in a library hell, in Gates words known as 
> dll hell.

How do you propose dub would do that? Check in path? What if it 
exists but is not exactly the same version? 🤔


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