Re: [bug #14965] NSOpenStepRootDirectory() returning wrong result

[Sheldon Gill]

Nicola Pero wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #2, bug #14965 (project gnustep):
>
> Probably the reason it was deprecated is that a very long time ago, GNUstep
> had a 'GNUSTEP_ROOT' directory (by default '/usr/GNUstep' on GNU/Linux) and
> GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT, GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT, GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT etc. where
> situated as subdirectory of that one (by default '/usr/GNUstep/System',
> '/usr/GNUstep/Local' etc).
>
> That long time ago I believe NSOpenStepRootDirectory () was expected to
> return $GNUSTEP_ROOT, ie '/usr/GNUstep'.

It was the case. In the mists of time NSOpenStepRootDirectory() was supposed to 
return $GNUSTEP_ROOT$.

At the time System and Local were there. This is basically the very old 
Openstep layout.

> I certainly agree with the new trend that it should return '/' and I'm very
> happy to see that our efforts for removing GNUSTEP_ROOT (which I've finally
> manage to entirely remove from gnustep-make about a month ago) are
> successfull and it's now not only deprecated but entirely forgotten :-)
>
> GNUSTEP_ROOT would provide nothing useful in terms of API or functionality
> and it was a problem in terms of filesystem flexibility, so it's quite a good
> change that we now longer have it! :-)

This is why I marked it as deprecated. There isn't a reason to use it anymore 
and the old uses don't apply.

If you're trying to locate some place in the directory structure you should be 
using NSSearchPathForDirectoryInDomains()


Regards,
Sheldon