> First, let me say how cool it is that you're doing this! Thanks..! > If you want to change priority, instead of > update-rc.d mosix defaults > use > update-rc.d mosix defaults 90 > > To still just use dh_installinit, give it a flag at the end like > dh_installinit -- defaults 90 > and it should add the "90" where it belongs. (I think.)
I tried that, but it doesn't work. It gives an error about wrong parameters during installing the deb. > Doesn't the MOSIX stuff include a hacked version of "ps" that needs to > be installed, and of "top" too, and maybe some other stuff? I vaguely > recall... I think you could just put them in the package with an > "override: procps" dependency to prevent dpkg from getting upset. And > maybe also a "depends: procps (= 1:2.0.7-4)", if you think version > skew on that might prevent appropriate security updates or such. Hmm, I haven't got the contrib files yet. I think it would be a good idea to call these as mosix_top and mosix_ps or something. That way, they wouldn't interfere with the normal ps and top. > Or maybe it would be better to put them in a separate package, like > mosix-bins or something like that. > > I guess that applied in general. Maybe the package should be fragmented: > > mosix-dev (for .h files, .a files, symbolic link for .so files) > mosix-bin (all ...bin/xxx programs, their shared libs, configuration stuff) > mosix-kernel-patch (just the actual patches) Thats right. I have now made mosix, mosix-dev, and mosix-kernel-patches. Mosix include files by default install into /usr/include. I just used an mkdir and mv in the rules to move it to /usr/include/mosix. Is there a better way to do this ? From the user's perspective, it looks fine though. Also, the patch is in 2 parts. The standard kernel patch is easy to handle. However, the other is a tar file which just has to be untarred and used. I don't know how to do that with dh_installkpatches. > As a dream, it would be nice to use debconf to set parameters: > accept foreign processes? > automatically migrate processes to other hosts? > <filesystem related configuration> > Not sure if > List all hosts in cluster, one per line, followed by blank line: > would be appropriate. That I can try later, once the core packages are done. :-) Again, I am uploading the new packages to http://people.debian.org/~viral/mosix/ viral -- You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
