{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"loveydoe's status on Sunday, 20-Jul-14 09:08:15 UTC","author_name":"loveydoe","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/loveydoe","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3543130","html":"!<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/group\/878\/id\" class=\"url\" title=\"Coder Ponies! (coderpony)\"><span class=\"fn nickname group\">coderponies<\/span><\/a><\/span> GNU Stow 2.1.3 released.  I haven't used this project yet, but it seems like it would solve a lot of problems with installing packages from source in UNIX-like systems.  It manages symlinks in a common directory which point to files from packages that are really separately installed:  <a href=\"https:\/\/lists.gnu.org\/archive\/html\/info-stow\/2012-01\/msg00000.html\" title=\"https:\/\/lists.gnu.org\/archive\/html\/info-stow\/2012-01\/msg00000.html\" rel=\"nofollow external\">https:\/\/lists.gnu.org\/archive\/html\/info-stow\/2012-01\/msg00000.html<\/a>"}