[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #10045: PM: Putting fonts in non-packaged/data/fonts does not seem to work
- From: "stippi" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:07:01 -0000
#10045: PM: Putting fonts in non-packaged/data/fonts does not seem to work
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Reporter: stippi | Owner: nobody
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: - General | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by stippi):
Replying to [comment:5 bonefish]:
> Replying to [comment:3 stippi]:
> > Doesn't that mean it is not transparent any more to applications,
which stuff stems from packages and which from non-packages?
>
> Well, in the same way it isn't transparent which stuff stems from
/boot/system and which from /boot/common or /boot/config/home.
An enumeration of directories would not do. Ideally, there would be just
one virtual directory, where all the shadowing and even turning off user
add-ons and data (in safe-mode) is already taken care of.
> > How does it work for libraries? I thought a library could shadow a
packaged library by putting a version in home/config/non-packaged/lib,
which then appears in home/config/lib, shadowing any version from packages
in home/config/packages.
>
> No, the shadowing happens at the runtime loader level. The path ~/config
/non-packaged/lib is simply listed before ~/config/lib in LIBRARY_PATH.
Ok, but then it's not as elegant as I thought. I thought the directory
structure stays the same on the surface, where package fs takes care of
dynamically and magically blending the contents of packages and the non-
packaged structure at these "old" directories. As it is, in various
places, apps now need to be aware of package management, plus the non-
packaged hierarchy as it turns out.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/10045#comment:6>
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