Re: xstr e netclient deb packages
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 04:33:25PM +0100, Claudio Sacerdoti Coen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 16:22:32 +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > > very interesting question since I always had problems with these kind
> > > of install and frequently I had give up... (despite the fact that
> > > the corresponding ocaml stuff was really interesting !!!)
>
> In fact, I think that findlib is a very good and useful tool
> and that installing debian packages without using findlib means
> loosing the possibility of writing easy Makefile.
Erm, ...
sorry, i don't think that you cannot write easy makefiles without findlib.
As i see it, the findlib stuff is just something to make the useage of
non-integrated ocaml packages easier. In debian it should not be needed and
even maybe a problem, unless it is debian-aware, which i think it is not, but
then i didn't check.
In particular is it possible to install the stuff with findlib in a place that
is not the final resting place of the package, and for a system that may not
have all packages installed that currently are ?
> In fact, findlib provides two distinct functionalities w.r.t. debian
> packages:
>
> 1) it gives back informations on packages installed using findlib
...
ok, well, i can understand that this is a nice thing to have.
But then, for debian packages, we have dependencies and build dependencies to
handle exactly that.
What does it more for us ?
> 2) it allows to install packages
erm, ...
nothing new there ...
> While the second one could be subsumed by the debian package, the
> first one can't. So, my proposal is why not making a debian package
> of findlib and then use findlib in debian packages instead of
> install? [Weaker proposal: same as before, but the install of
> debian is used and then, as a post-script, findlib is notified
> of the installation]
I don't think we should force the use of it, in particular if we are not sure
how it will work exactly.
Anyway, who are the authors of findlib, and how 'official' is the structure it
uses to install packages ?
A better way for it, would be to simply use the standard install tools to
install debian packages.
And then we would make a debian package of findlib, with an additional tool
that will just register installed packages with findlib, like it is done for
info files and the menu packages.
i don't think this would be a difficult thing to do, but we may need to see if
findlib (whatever it is) can accept a -register or somethig option, or if we
can isolate the registering code and write our own tool for it.
This is more in concordance of the debian way of doing things, and could even
go into policy later on.
Someone who as time to look into it please volunteer and contact the upstream
authors about it, ccing this mailing list ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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