On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:47:25PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:23:12PM -0500, Roth, Kevin P. wrote: >>2) Under "Making Packages", I think the "standard" for binary packages >>is to leave off the initial "/" on filenames inside the tarball. E.g.: >> usr/doc/cURL-7.9/README >>instead of >> /usr/doc/cURL-7.9/README >>I think the point is to allow someone to expand the binary package into >>some other location (besides "/") if desired for whatever reason. > >I think this is implied by: > > * Binary packages are extracted in /, include all file paths from the > root in your archive. > >Actually, this should be: > >/usr/doc/cygwin/cURL-7.9-1.README >or >/usr/doc/cygwin/cURL-7.9.README
>>3) I realize this one is kind of nit-picky, but the 4th bullet under >>"Making Packages" mentions a "file" named /usr/doc/foo-vendor, when in >>fact this should call it a "directory". > >Actually, this is correct. This should be a file. Oops. Note to self: "Always check first before sending email." You're right, Kevin. cgf