OS X Installer

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Fri Aug 7 05:05:04 PDT 2009


On 8/3/09 14:32, Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Michel Fortin wrote:
>>> I think I like /usr/local best.
>>
>> I like /usr/local best too.
>
> The objection (if any) was mostly about "/usr/local/dmd/osx/bin"
> vs /usr/local/bin, but using /usr/local/{dmd,dmd2} should be OK.

I was thinking about using /usr/local/{dmd,dmd2} and then create 
symlinks to /usr/local/bin. But that will create problems with the 
dmd.conf because it also needs a symlink in /usr/local/bin and then the 
conf file for dmd and dmd1 will conflict.

>>> Library directory is a special directory used to store
>>> application-specific and system-specific resources".
>>
>> Indeed.
>
> Such as the language extensions in /Library/Perl and /Library/Python
> already mentioned, elsewhere in /usr/lib/perl5 and /usr/lib/python2.X
>
>>> What about /Applications?
>>
>> I thought that was for applications. DMD isn't an appliction, it's a
>> command-line tool.
>
> And even if it was, it would probably go in /Developer anyway ?
> Like /Developer/Applications/CodeBlocks.app does, for instance.
>
> --anders




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