InterBase update
As some of you may know, I've been working on the official InterBase 6
Debian packages (which i'll upload after IB6 goes open-source).
Traditionally, interbase has installed everything in /usr/interbase/*
(/usr/interbase/lib, /usr/interbase/include, etc). I pointed them to the
FHS, and they've made the following changes (see below). Obviously, i'll
have to move the /usr/local stuff to /usr, but what do I do about /opt?
They're still in compliance with the FHS, but Debian packages shouldn't go
in /opt (if i remember my policy). Should I just move all of the bin files
to /usr/bin (or /usr/sbin), or should i just drop /opt/interbase into
/usr/lib/interbase?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
> Ed,
>
> We've made some changes for the InterBase install on Linux. I think we
> no longer violate the FHS standard. When you get a chance, could you
> please take a look at the following changes. Also I have two new rpms
> (Classic and Server) that can be tested for FHS-compliant install. If
> you would like to give it a try, please let me know and I'll upload them
> on our ftp site.
>
> Regards,
> --Stas
>
> Here are the changes.
>
>
> According to ( http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-3.8.html ), /opt is
> reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages. A
> package to be installed in /opt shall locate its static files in a
> separate /opt/<package> directory tree, where <package> is a name that
> describes the software package. Static data includes binaries,
> libraries, documentation, and anything that does not change without
> system administrator intervention. Programs to be invoked by users shall
> be located in the directory /opt/<package>/bin.
>
> Thus we install most of the files(Install.txt, License.txt, Readme.txt,
> ReleaseNotes.pdf, interbase.msg, isc4.gdb, isc_config, services.isc,
> udf, examples, qli help database, docs, international library,
> binaries) in /opt/interbase as follows:
>
> /opt/interbase
> /opt/interbase/Install.txt
> /opt/interbase/License.txt
> /opt/interbase/Readme.txt
> /opt/interbase/ReleaseNotes.pdf
> /opt/interbase/interbase.msg
> /opt/interbase/isc4.gdb
> /opt/interbase/isc_config
> /opt/interbase/services.isc
>
> /opt/interbase/UDF
> /opt/interbase/UDF/ib_udf
>
> /opt/interbase/doc
> /opt/interbase/doc/*
>
> /opt/interbase/examples
> /opt/interbase/examples/*
>
> /opt/interbase/help
> /opt/interbase/help/help.gbak
> /opt/interbase/help/help.gdb
>
> /opt/interbase/intl
> /opt/interbase/intl/gdsintl
>
> /opt/interbase/bin
> /opt/interbase/bin/gbak
> /opt/interbase/bin/gdef
> /opt/interbase/bin/gds_drop (Classic Server only)
> /opt/interbase/bin/gds_lock_mgr (Classic Server only)
> /opt/interbase/bin/gds_lock_print
> /opt/interbase/bin/gds_pipe (Classic Server only)
> /opt/interbase/bin/gfix
> /opt/interbase/bin/gpre
> /opt/interbase/bin/gsec
> /opt/interbase/bin/gsplit
> /opt/interbase/bin/gstat
> /opt/interbase/bin/ibmgr (Super Server only)
> /opt/interbase/bin/ibserver (Super Server only)
> /opt/interbase/bin/ibguard (Super Server only)
> /opt/interbase/bin/isc4.gbak
> /opt/interbase/bin/isql
> /opt/interbase/bin/qli
>
> gds_inet_server
> ===============
>
> The gds_inet_server is not invoked by users so it can't be installed in
> /opt/interbase/bin. We install the gds_inet_server in
> /usr/local/sbin. The entry in 'inetd.conf' file is changed as follows:
>
> gds_db stream tcp nowait.30000 root /usr/local/sbin/gds_inet_server
> gds_inet_server # InterBase Database Remote Server
>
> header files
> ============
>
> In order to be FHS-compliant, we get rid of the symbolic links in
> /usr/include. We install the header files as follows:
>
> Install the header files (that used to be symbolic links) directly into
> the /usr/include. This will keep the customer's source code unchanged.
>
> /usr/inlcude/gds.h
> /usr/include/ibase.h
> /usr/include/iberror.h
> /usr/include/ib_util.h
>
> Rest of the header files are installed into /opt/interbase/include:
>
> /opt/interbase/include/gds.f
> /opt/interbase/include/gds.hxx
> /opt/interbase/include./perf.h
> /opt/interbase/include/interbase.a
>
> libraries
> =========
>
> In order to be FHS-compliant, we get rid of the symbolic links in
> /usr/lib. We install our libraries directly in /usr/lib.
>
> Classic:
>
> /usr/lib/libgds.a
> /usr/lib/libgds.so -> libgds.so.0
> /usr/lib/libgds.so.0
> /usr/lib/libgds_pyxis.a
> /usr/lib/ib_util.so
>
> Super Server:
>
> /usr/lib/libgds.so -> libgds.so.0
> /usr/lib/libgds.so.0
> /usr/lib/libgds_pyxis.a
> /usr/lib/ib_util.so
>
>
> Also we get rid of /usr/interbase symbolic link.
>
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