[maemo-developers] Considering /opt and MyDocs in your packages

[From: Martin Grimme]

Hi,

I don't think /opt/<package> is a bad idea, and I wouldn't call it a
hack. On other Unices, like Solaris, 3rd party software usually goes
to /opt. In fact, by default, /usr is write-protected in virtual
containers (mounted read-only from the host system).

The good thing IMHO about /opt is that all stuff resides in one place,
not being scattered all across the filesystem. When looking at
Solaris, you can find directories like "lib" and "bin" inside
/opt/<package>/. This way it's also possible for programs to bring in
libraries that would otherwise break or mess up the root system.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc. can be setup by the start scripts of the
programs accordingly. I'm all for keeping the root system clean of 3rd
party stuff.


Regards,
Martin


2009/9/11, Kees Jongenburger <kees.jongenburger at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Marius Vollmer
> <marius.vollmer at nokia.com> wrote:
>> ext Graham Cobb <g+770 at cobb.uk.net> writes:
>>
>>> On Thursday 10 September 2009 12:16:59 Marius Vollmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, you can make it so that maemo-optify only runs in debian/rules
>>>> when it is present:
>>>>
>>>>      which maemo-optify && maemo-optify
>>>
>>> Small correction: that doesn't work (because it returns an error status
>>> when
>>> maemo-optify is not present).
> About the maemo-optify usage.
>
> The opkg package manager support a offline root mode that allows you
> to install packages using a different base. The idea
> is that one might want to install some content on a removable media.
> it doesn't require you to change the
> packages. perhaps this is a less intrusive option?
>
>
> Greetings
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