"John H. Robinson, IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 07:09:41PM +0100, Marc L. de Bruin wrote: > > > > Therefore it is up to the root-user (and his filesystem) where the files > > should end up after installation. > > > > Is this possible? Thanks again, > > if this is the case, then i would strongly recomend distributing it as a > tarball, and allowing the admin to extract wherever it is required. the > drawback is that after an upgrade, the admin would have to manually > extract the tarball. > > now, if you debconf from the admin where the tarbal should be extracted > to, you can query that, and extract in post-inst with no further > interaction. > > so, i guess the answer is yes: distribute the data as a taball, and > query the admin as to where to extract it to. you may even want to rm > the tarbal after extraction.
Why not use one directory in a standard place, like /lib/share/package/. If the admin doesn't like the data there he can link that dir to another place or mount a partition there. The problem with having it in a random place is finding it again, especially when the previous admin runs away to a better paid job and you are left with the remains. MfG Goswin