Re: question about libraries in packages.

[sharkey@superk.physics.sunysb.edu]

> 1) I'm currently packing snoopy, it's an execve logger, it overrides
> the default execve behaviour in libc, with an LD_PRELOAD, and logs all
> executed commands. Anyhow, the upstream version installs into /lib,
> since it's for libc.. however, does it go there in a deb or into
> /usr/lib? It's not explicitly required for a bootup, so is that how
> the decision is made?

I think it should go in /usr/lib.  What snoopy does is similar to what
electric-fence does, in the sense that both override libc functions.
libefence is packaged in /usr/lib.

> 2) If I make a bug-fix, and submit it upstream, do I have to wait for
> the upstream version to apply my fix, or can I just apply it myself.
> (In one of my packages, there were some GTK warnings, so I fixed
> those, and sent a patch to the upstream guy, but can I just apply them
> now, as part of my .diff?)

You can make any changes you like as part of your diff, as long as the
license permits it.

Eric