On Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 03:52:56AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > I've decided to try my hand at being a debian developer; and have picked > mtr (from the orphaned list) as something to try. Some questions: > > - - should it be installed in /usr/sbin (it is a set-uid network diag > program)
Is it used to be called by the sysadmin (=root) or by any user? The answer will imply either directory > - - is the man page regarded as architecture independant? As it's plain text, I guess yes. > I am using deb-make and it picks the architecture as Any; the package that > I am replacing also contains this. I should set this to i386, riht? Nope, that is done by dpkg-gencontrol. You should have read the packagaging documentation at http://www.debian.org/developers_corner/ > Also what is the best place to put this kind of program? Apps/System, > Apps/Network or Apps/Misc? I'd suggest Apps/Network Regards, Joey -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / Wer ist Germany.Net? http://home.pages.de/~joey/ / - Dauerwerbesender seiner Abbonenten. -- Lutz Donnerhacke /
