On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:01:09AM -0500, Steve wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to build a Parrot deb package but by default parrot installs > into /usr/local/parrot/0.1.0/... Debian policy precludes a package from > installing into /usr/local and /usr. Therefore, within which directory > or directories should this package be installed? > > The hierarchy is: > > dir: parrot/0.1.0 > dir: parrot/0.1.0/bin
/usr/bin > file: parrot/0.1.0/bin/parrot (the executable) /usr/bin/parrot > dir: parrot/0.1.0/bin/languages > dir: parrot/0.1.0/bin/languages/imcc > dir: parrot/0.1.0/lib > dir: parrot/0.1.0/lib/blib > dir: parrot/0.1.0/lib/blib/lib > file: parrot/0.1.0/lib/blib/lib/libparrot.a > /usr/lib/parrot/0.1.0/ Probably the best thing to do is versioning as in perl, but this is definitively a choice due to program structure, roadmap and backcompatibiily. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
