Subj : Installing or re-installing mbse
To : Rj Clay
From : Vince Coen
Date : Sat Apr 05 2014 01:56 pm
Hello Rj!
31 Mar 14 13:53, you wrote to me:
>> 18 Mar 14 19:03, you wrote to me:
>> No doubt I will need to do more if I spot any more issues but after
>> this w/e will rename the /opt/mbse directory to something else and
>> see what breaks :)
> I have the debian package build patched to install to
> /usr/lib/mbsebbs and there's a lot of things that break...<g> There's
> quite a few places where the paths are hardcoded, which is it what
> I'll be working to when I can. I use the git repo the SF project [1]
> (which I also figure to mirror to Github[2], although there the
> default branch is set to 'debian'). Once I have those patched, I'll
> try a package build and install again. I currently working against
> v1.01...
Hmm not so many as it is all created from the mbse_root setting but yes there
is a few that is not adjusted in the make file. Even more so if you have it
already running at /opt.
Your setting of usr/lib is no better and if anything worse if you are a user
who splits the system in two elements, e.g., / for system with a partition of
say 12 - 20 Gb and /home that is mounted to / as the second partition.
This allows /home to be placed on any version or distro without changing any
user settings other than creating the user accounts tied to specific uid's
etc.
As I run 3 - 4 as well as additional drives and now am installing a SSD I do
not want mbse to be on the root/boot partition.
This also in the event of a major system failure I can remove the drive
containing /home and plug it in to my laptop with the users pre installed and
can run the system from there until I get the server box back up and running.
Belts and braces.
Vince
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