Re: DJB slashpackage

[David Lebel <lebel@lebel.org>]

Quoting Heikki Korpela (heko@iki.fi):
> It *assumes* stuff in /command and /service. See things in
> daemontools-0.76/package. (Where the official installation scripts
> are, for example.)

Well, /service is a "run-time" directory.  I've been using /var/service
on all my daemontools installations when I run svscan (mind you, they
were all pre-0.76 installations).  No binaries actually "hard-code" that
directory.  You use what you want to use.  djb might highly recommend
/service (ie. put a gun on your head), but nevertheless, you still can
use any directory you wish.

This is outside the scope of the actual ports and slashpackage situation
because djb always "recommended" to use /service.

> One issue here is that people migrating from another system will be
> surprised to find their daemontools in /usr/local and not in /package
> after the transition has propagated enough that people have gotten
> used to it.

Let say we wait for that to happen.

> Another is that you probably get a lot less support from djb's mailing
> lists if you don't use his packaging conventions.

People on djb's mailing lists are for the most parts very helpful and
apart from djb, they don't discriminate.

Ciao,
  ...David

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