[ooo-build] Strange installation directory layout in 3.1.x

[Rene Engelhard]

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:58:49PM +0100, espinosa_cz wrote:
> Please, can someone comment on the linux installation directory layout.

Why please are you asking here?

> Why there are two separate directories under /opt ?
> /opt/openoffice.org/ - 284.9 MiB
> /opt/openoffice.org3 - only 1.4 MiB but it contains the main binary - 
> /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice

Because that is cool(tm)

> I tried to find answer in wiki or phorums.

Obviously not good enough ;-)

> Is it because some I/O optimalisations or rather version management?

It's some (partly misdesigned) step for modularization. Of course
Sun didn't grok what is meant by modularization by those who need
it but oh well...

> Was this layout introduced in ooo-build, is it also present in vanilla 
> build?

You could have checked yourself easily, couldn't you? The stuff was
introduced upstream. The Go-OO builds don't differentiate in that layout...

> Does Suse build uses the same layout?

Most distros don't do that and merge them into one dir (and maybe
keep the URE separate - Debian does this), and yes, Suse builds don't do
that directory mess.

Grüße/Regards,

Rene
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