[bug #6198] Wrong placement of GNUstep.sh

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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=6198&group_id=99

Changes by: Nicola Pero <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
Date: Mon 10/27/2003 at 19:09 (GMT)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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              Status | Analyzed                  | Closed


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GNUstep.sh is there mostly for historical reasons - on the

other hand, there isn't a particularly great alternative

which would justify breaking almost any .bash_profile, 

/etc/profile and startup script of every single GNUstep 

user on the planet. :-)



But I sympathize with your search for perfection in 

installing everything in the right place.  :-) 



Maybe if GNUstep.sh should not be in Makefiles and not in 

Tools, we'd need a separate directory for it.  That might

be a reasonable idea, but I'm unwilling to change yet 

again the location of the startup script and break yet 

again every startup script in the globe.



Anyway, thanks for your comments.



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Submitted by: stefanu                 Project: GNUstep                      
Submitted on: Mon 10/27/2003 at 16:57
Category:  Makefiles                  Severity:  2                          
Bug Group:  Bug                       Resolution:  Invalid                  
Assigned to:  nico                    Status:  Closed                       

Summary:  Wrong placement of GNUstep.sh

Original Submission:  GNUstep.sh is in a wrong location. Instead of 
/System/Library/Makefiles it should be in the /System/Tools directory. It is a 
tool and it is required for GNUstep environment as a whole, not just for 
makefiles.



Sooner the file is moved, less annoyed users will be there later.

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Mon 10/27/2003 at 19:09       By: nico
GNUstep.sh is there mostly for historical reasons - on the

other hand, there isn't a particularly great alternative

which would justify breaking almost any .bash_profile, 

/etc/profile and startup script of every single GNUstep 

user on the planet. :-)



But I sympathize with your search for perfection in 

installing everything in the right place.  :-) 



Maybe if GNUstep.sh should not be in Makefiles and not in 

Tools, we'd need a separate directory for it.  That might

be a reasonable idea, but I'm unwilling to change yet 

again the location of the startup script and break yet 

again every startup script in the globe.



Anyway, thanks for your comments.

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Date: Mon 10/27/2003 at 17:59       By: stefanu
Ok, I agree with you. But why Makefiles? Just courios, as this is not a big 
issue.

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Date: Mon 10/27/2003 at 17:18       By: nico
Thanks.



GNUstep.sh should not be executed - it should be sourced

(for example by using '. $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES/GNUstep.sh' in

bash).  If it is executed, it doesn't work.



Because it has to be sourced, and not executed, it's not

a good idea to have it in your PATH.  Stuff in your PATH

is to be executed.  Tools are executed.  GNUstep.sh instead

is not to be executed - it is to be sourced.



It's definitely better to have it in a separate location

outside your PATH to prevent confusions.


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