On 2/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Frantisek Dufka</b> <<a href="mailto:dufkaf@seznam.cz">dufkaf@seznam.cz</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
A<br>Yes it was similar except /usr/local was /var/lib/install. And it was<br>done in such way that no package could ever put file outside of<br>/var/lib/install (the only way that gives you some additional security<br>you probably want).
<br><br>So you had 2 classes of packages (system ones in / and user ones in<br>/var/lib/install) which made system more complex and prevented you from<br>making 'system' packages i.e. ones which modifes or extends the system
<br>in interesting way.</blockquote><div><br>As an example, privoxy wouldn't work (can't edit init scripts to make auto start) nor would openssh, dropbear, or becomeroot. This packages all require root--for good reason.
<br><br>Debian systems always require root to run dpkg and apt. I think it would be unwise for this platform to customize those tools simply because it has flash memory instead of a hard disk. Call it an embedded platform, but it's a hand-held computer.
<br><br>--Paul<br></div><br></div><br>