Re: Applixware / Packaging Proprietary Software
Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:
> what's wrong with /opt/ApplixWare ?
I still install Applixware into /opt/ .
What I'm doing is documented in the debian/rules. OK, its not that
verbose, but it is unambigous enough to make `make' do it. Parts:
- establish new package names and Debian-specific dependencies
(uses Depends, Recommends, Suggests)
- move doc from /usr/doc/packages/axdocu/ to /usr/doc/applixware/
- install copyright
- move init script to /etc/init.d/
- install rc.d links using update-rc.d
- make /usr/X11R6/bin/applixware editable by moving it to
/etc/applixware/ and adding a symlink
This cannot be automated, so it has to be created by human.
> after recompiling i could - maybe - use an installer for netscape.
What is netscape ? ;-)
> but can the installer handle ns3 + ns4 + comm4 + ns4.04j2.
> installing each in it's own /opt dir, and symlinking is easier.
I don't expect the installer to do things that it cannot do. An
optimistic installer could start guessing and hope it will get it
right (IMHO like debmake ...), but I like more robust solutions.
As I mentioned alien can use human-created patches, but I didn't
understand it enought to get it to work.
Sven
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