Re: [Factor-talk] Factor packaging for Ubuntu
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 05:55:17PM +0200, Björn Lindqvist wrote: > Interesting! I thought putting binaries outside of bin directories were > heavily discouraged. Which is why I choose to rename it. Do you have an > example of a package that follows the approach you are suggesting? Then > I could just copy that. At least GNU has a "standard" directory for such binaries: libexecdir. libexecdir The directory for installing executable programs to be run by other programs rather than by users. This directory should normally be /usr/local/libexec, but write it as $(exec_prefix)/libexec. (If you are using Autoconf, write it as ‘@libexecdir@’.) The definition of ‘libexecdir’ is the same for all packages, so you should install your data in a subdirectory thereof. Most packages install their data under $(libexecdir)/package-name/, possibly within additional subdirectories thereof, such as $(libexecdir)/package-name/machine/version http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html Also see the following thread about libexecdir and helper scripts in Debian: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/05/msg00195.html -- Gabriel -- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
Re: [Factor-talk] Factor packaging for Ubuntu
Rupert Swarbrick skrev 2013-08-27 11:20: > Björn Lindqvist > writes: >> 2013/8/26 Alex Vondrak : >>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Björn Lindqvist >>> wrote: The binary name "factor" was already taken by a program in coreutils so I had to change it to "factor-run". >>> >>> How about something like "factor-lang" or "factor-listener"? >> >> I actually called the binary factor-lang. But then I needed a >> factor-run bash script too because Factor isn't happy with having the >> standard library in a different directory from the binary file. > > The obvious thing to do, which I think is the standard approach for > packaging such programs, is the following. Just install Factor, with the > binary called "factor", into some directory in /usr/share. For example, > /usr/share/factor would be fine. Then create a symlink or a shell script > in /usr/bin pointing to /usr/share/factor, which is called factor-lang > or whatever. Interesting! I thought putting binaries outside of bin directories were heavily discouraged. Which is why I choose to rename it. Do you have an example of a package that follows the approach you are suggesting? Then I could just copy that. -- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
