[7496] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Ubuntu TSM debs now available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Thomas)
Wed Jun 8 18:47:45 2011
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:47:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>
To: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
cc: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>, release-team@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1106081825160.9904@tyger.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1106081845240.6577@tyger.mit.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1156401407-485980925-1307573258=:6577"
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,
while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
---1156401407-485980925-1307573258=:6577
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
>> Packages are not supposed to install into /opt or /usr/local. Unless
>> upstream doesn=E2=80=99t let you change this, I would try to put most th=
ings into
>> somewhere like /usr/lib/tsm-backup.
>
> Upstream TSM seems to really like using both /opt and /usr/local. (Sorry =
I=20
> didn't update on this after sending my initial e-mail requesting .debs.) =
And=20
> it's not uncommon for vendor .debs to use /opt -- I think some of Google'=
s=20
> packages do this. In any case, Marco d'Itri's packaging of TSM uses these=
=20
> locations, to stay true to the upstream binary RPMs.
Further discussion on zephyr points out that third-party Ubuntu packages=20
are specifically supposed to install into /opt:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThirdPartyRepositoryApplicationProcess#Package%20Re=
quirements
Incidentally, Alex, did you consider using Marco d'Itri's packaging? It=20
looks mostly reasonable to me, but I haven't gotten around to trying to=20
build it.
http://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_318
--=20
Geoffrey Thomas
geofft@mit.edu
---1156401407-485980925-1307573258=:6577--
