Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 06:46:47PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On 08/12/2009 06:34 PM, Michael Banck wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:33:44PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: >>> as gcc binaries are required to compile gcc from source, GT.M >>> binaries are required to build GT.M from source. >> >>

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-12 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
Comments at [KSB3]. Thanks. Regards -- Bhaskar GT.M - Rock solid. Lightning fast. On 08/12/2009 06:34 PM, Michael Banck wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:33:44PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On 08/12/2009 02:24 PM, Michael Banck wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:17:53AM -0400, K.S. Bhas

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:33:44PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On 08/12/2009 02:24 PM, Michael Banck wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:17:53AM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: >> > On 08/12/2009 02:21 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 06:52:24PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: >> >

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-12 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
Look for [KSB2] comments below. Thanks, Michael. Regards -- Bhaskar GT.M - Rock solid. Lightning fast. On 08/12/2009 02:24 PM, Michael Banck wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:17:53AM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On 08/12/2009 02:21 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 06:52:2

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:17:53AM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On 08/12/2009 02:21 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 06:52:24PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > [KSB] <...snip...> > >> Two questions here: >> >> 1. Are you sure that there is a need to install binaries for more tha

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-12 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
Thanks for the responses, Andreas. Please look below for [KSB] for further questions / clarifications. Thanks again. Regards -- Bhaskar GT.M - Rock solid. Lightning fast. On 08/12/2009 02:21 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 06:52:24PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: [KSB] <...

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-11 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 06:52:24PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > 1. Multiple releases (or versions the terms are interchangeable) can and > usually do coexist on the same system at the same time. So, we will > have to use the version to identify each GT.M. So, we will need > directories with

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-11 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
On 08/11/2009 05:01 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 03:55:43PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: [KSB] <...snip...> Things are well defined in Debian: Files will go to /usr (not /usr/local). Architecture dependant files go to /usr/lib, architecture indepenant files go to /usr/share,

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-11 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Dienstag, den 11.08.2009, 15:55 -0400 schrieb K.S. Bhaskar: > it appears that I should put it in subdirectories of /opt/gtm, but it > could just as easily be argued that it belongs in /usr/local/bin/gtm. Debian uses /usr. Packages do not put stuff under /usr/local - maybe except empty direc

Re: debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-11 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 03:55:43PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > I manage GT.M (http://fis-gtm.com & > http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm) and after many years of having > GT.M on GNU/Linux available as FOSS (GPL v2 starting in 2001; AGPL v3 > since 2008), I am finally working in creating

debian-med newbie seeks advice on where to place packages

2009-08-11 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
I manage GT.M (http://fis-gtm.com & http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm) and after many years of having GT.M on GNU/Linux available as FOSS (GPL v2 starting in 2001; AGPL v3 since 2008), I am finally working in creating Debian packages for GT.M. We have been assigned "gtm" as a package nam