On Tuesday 18 March 2008 12:56:12 Thomas Trepl wrote:
> a) When a package needs libraries (even of an other package) at
> another location than they gets installed by default, the install
> procedure should move them. In the current discussion is this that
> the instructions of portmap should move tcp_wrappers libraries.
>
Although I don't generally like the idea of one package fooling around 
with components of another package, I think this is the better of these 
two options.

> b) When there is a package which needs other packages libraries, than
> the other package should install them there. In the current
> discussion is this that the tcp_wrapper instructions should be
> modified to install in /lib to satify portmaps needs when /usr is
> nfs-mounted.
>
Better for keeping everthing about a package on one page, but leads to 
too many things unnecessarily installed on the / partition.

Would it be desirable to abstract this kind of information into a 
separate page?  I'm not saying a new page to list everything you might 
need on /, that doesn't make any sense.  But a page listing concerns to 
address for remote-mounting /usr that talks about using ldd to find 
required libraries could be helpful.  A page like this could also be 
expanded at a later time to include creation of an initramfs, as the 
process is similar in that you would use ldd to find what you need and 
mv or cp it to the appropriate location.

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Robert Daniels
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