Hi,

I want to manage a system by installing into /pkg.

I figured with --prefix=/pkg this is trival.

I am currently using several ruby scripts which aid me.
With them I can pretty much build a traditional
system from scratch (not perfect because some things arent
working 100% but at least I can do control it from
commandline.)

Most of the time the problem is when a C program tries
to compile itself and checks for its requirements.

It sometimes says it is missing something.

I am using a folder called /links to keep symlinks into
/pkg.

Is there a way to make it easily known to a linux
system what I am doing?

So far it seems the design is very weak. I have to
add files to PATH, I have to add entries into
/etc/ld.so.conf, i have to specify additional
include files and set some environmental stuff.

For me I would like to have an easier way to tell my
system what I want to have, and where I collect it.

(Remember, the source files are compiled or moved
into /pkg, then symlinked automagically into /links.
So my question would be, what needs to be done
that my system is "aware" of what I, as user,
want?)

Once I know this, I think I can continue.

Right now I install into --prefix=/usr and hope
that everything is ok though apparently it sometimes
is not