Change busybox to install to /opt/busybox #35

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emma · 2024-03-09T18:31:47Z

emma commented

2024-03-09 18:31:47 +00:00

In the future, busybox will be considered the default POSIX-compliant toolset for bonsai while the bonsai utilities will be the default tools generally. Eventually, busybox will be moved out of core.

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trinity commented

2024-03-10 15:15:08 +00:00

/opt/ is rarely used (for better or worse) with pkgsrc by default installing to a /usr/pkg/ prefix and most local system modifications defaulting to a /usr/local/ prefix. It would be nice to have the base system in its own /usr/bonsai/ prefix with appropriate symlinks in system directories to make recovery in event of corruption easier; just fetch a tarball of the /usr/bonsai/ tree and run a script to rebuild the symlinks. Then the package manager in /usr/kiss/ and our POSIX userland (busybox or something implemented for Bonsai) in /usr/posix/. When POSIX functionality is accomplished by busybox, /usr/posix can be a link to /usr/busybox/.

`/opt/` is rarely used (for better or worse) with pkgsrc by default installing to a `/usr/pkg/` prefix and most local system modifications defaulting to a `/usr/local/` prefix. It would be nice to have the base system in its own `/usr/bonsai/` prefix with appropriate symlinks in system directories to make recovery in event of corruption easier; just fetch a tarball of the `/usr/bonsai/` tree and run a script to rebuild the symlinks. Then the package manager in `/usr/kiss/` and our POSIX userland (busybox or something implemented for Bonsai) in `/usr/posix/`. When POSIX functionality is accomplished by busybox, `/usr/posix` can be a link to `/usr/busybox/`.

emma commented

2024-03-16 01:54:34 +00:00

The /opt directory is for packages not native to the system—POSIX will not be native to Bonsai, so that’s where it should live.

It would be nice to have the base system in its own /usr/bonsai/ prefix with appropriate symlinks in system directories to make recovery in event of corruption easier; just fetch a tarball of the /usr/bonsai/ tree and run a script to rebuild the symlinks. Then the package manager in /usr/kiss/ and our POSIX userland (busybox or something implemented for Bonsai) in /usr/posix/. When POSIX functionality is accomplished by busybox, /usr/posix can be a link to /usr/busybox/.

I very strongly dislike this. The /usr hierarchy should be kept clear of stray directories and confusing symlink layouts—this is a concern i also want to address in the package manager as it symlinks all of the bin directories together and causes a very cluttered situation.

The `/opt` directory is for packages not native to the system—POSIX will not be native to Bonsai, so that’s where it should live. > It would be nice to have the base system in its own /usr/bonsai/ prefix with appropriate symlinks in system directories to make recovery in event of corruption easier; just fetch a tarball of the /usr/bonsai/ tree and run a script to rebuild the symlinks. Then the package manager in /usr/kiss/ and our POSIX userland (busybox or something implemented for Bonsai) in /usr/posix/. When POSIX functionality is accomplished by busybox, /usr/posix can be a link to /usr/busybox/. I very strongly dislike this. The `/usr` hierarchy should be kept clear of stray directories and confusing symlink layouts—this is a concern i also want to address in the package manager as it symlinks all of the bin directories together and causes a very cluttered situation.

trinity commented

2024-03-17 22:55:06 +00:00

The /opt directory is for packages not native to the system—POSIX will not be native to Bonsai, so that’s where it should live.

This makes sense to me and after spending some time thinking, I agree.

I very strongly dislike this. The /usr hierarchy should be kept clear of stray directories and confusing symlink layouts—this is a concern i also want to address in the package manager as it symlinks all of the bin directories together and causes a very cluttered situation.

This also makes sense.

> The /opt directory is for packages not native to the system—POSIX will not be native to Bonsai, so that’s where it should live. This makes sense to me and after spending some time thinking, I agree. > I very strongly dislike this. The /usr hierarchy should be kept clear of stray directories and confusing symlink layouts—this is a concern i also want to address in the package manager as it symlinks all of the bin directories together and causes a very cluttered situation. This also makes sense.

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