Thanks everyone for your prompt replies. I will add the DIR_COLORS file to my package this evening. As it now stands, the package will require the user to install the 'eval dircolors' command in the appropriate place in there .login or .profile or whatever (I use tcsh). Is this the best way to install the package? Only people who want color-ls will use it, so should I try to turn on color automatically? I'm thinking that it's best to require the user to turn it on.
Where can I place a color-ls.README file to assist a user in setting up the package? I believe it is enough for one to read the dircolors.1 man page, but some folks may not be aware of the dircolors program when they install the .deb file. Incidentally, my package consists of the fileutils-3.12 with the appropriate color-ls patch. I've modified the debian.rules and other control files to install the correct files and, of course, log them with dpkg. It will replace the debian package fileutils-3.12-2 with my package called fileutils-3.12-2c (if this is an appropriate name). Syrus. ---------------------------------------------------------- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept.
