On 2011-03-02 at 00:31:16 [+0100], Nickos V <tonestone57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > For starters, I wonder where /system should point to: currently, /system > > points to /boot/system, but that folder just contains the 'packages' > > subfolder. > > You forgot about Deskbar, Tracker, haiku_loader, kernel_x86, > runtime_loader? =) > > + servers, preferences and maybe some other folders too that you will find > in system folder unless you plan to move those around too. Nope, all of these (except for haiku_loader) will live in /boot/system/packages/contents. > > > While correct in principle, it means that stuff like /system/bin > > and /system/add-ons no longer work. I have no idea whether or not that is > > going to be a problem with many legacy applications and/or scripts. > > No problems because everything found under system is from official Haiku > repo. Legacy libraries & add-ons should install to /boot/home/config & > BeOS applications to /boot/apps. Well, some of these apps might actually use system provided commands (like find, ls, ...) especially shell scripts are likely to do so. Hm, I guess we'll just find out by trying ... > > > Generally I wonder, what's the purpose of /system anyway? > > System folder is for official (system wide) binaries, libraries & > everything else to run a Haiku system. Right, but /system isn't a folder /boot/system is the one you're talking about. I wondered about the meaning of the symbolic link at /system. Why is it there, what is it being used for? cheers, Oliver