[lmi-commits] [lmi] master 54ad265 2/3: Explain a GNUism

[Greg Chicares]

branch: master
commit 54ad265bf5b098f1e28f994032de8153b1d762ff
Author: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>
Commit: Gregory W. Chicares <address@hidden>

    Explain a GNUism
---
 lmi_setup_41.sh | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lmi_setup_41.sh b/lmi_setup_41.sh
index 28f8112..5209453 100755
--- a/lmi_setup_41.sh
+++ b/lmi_setup_41.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ assert_chrooted
 # architecture-independent 'configurable_settings.xml'--much like the
 # "identity mount" technique used with cygwin. See:
 #   https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2017-05/msg00018.html
+# Because wine has its own notion of the filesystem, relative paths
+# are wanted, the GNUism '--relative' being used to translate the
+# absolute paths so that
+#   /opt/lmi/     becomes ../../../../../../../opt/lmi
+#   /etc/opt/lmi/ becomes ../../../../../../../../etc/opt/lmi
+#   /var/opt/lmi/ becomes ../../../../../../../../var/opt/lmi
 
 mkdir -p ~/.wine/drive_c/users/"${NORMAL_USER}"/opt/
 cd ~/.wine/drive_c/users/"${NORMAL_USER}"/opt/ || { printf 'failed: cd\n'; 
exit 3; }