On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 15:26:49 -0400 Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:05:20 +0100 > aitor_czr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > By default, PSTAT (a dependency of VDEV) is installed in > > "/usr/local", just as VDEV. > > > > As Daniel Raurich explained in another thread: > > > > [...] the "/usr/local" directory is for non-packaged local stuff > > [...] > > > > So, should i change this configuration for those packages, or should > > i skip debhelper's "dh_usrlocal" script adding: > > > > binary: > > dh binary --before dh_usrlocal > > dh binary --after dh_usrlocal > > > > to debian/rules? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Aitor. > > This is pure opinion: Get a second opinion: > > My understanding is that /usr/local is the base of the tree used for > software *not* installed by the distro's package manager. When I > compile my own dmenu or lyx, it goes under the /usr/local directory, > with all executables going in /usr/local/bin. > > My understanding is that the distro's package manager never puts > anything in the /usr/local tree. If the thing is an executable, it > goes in /usr/bin. Libraries go in /usr/lib. Header files go > in /usr/include. Fonts and themes and other stuff like that goes > in /usr/share. > > If /usr/local/VDEV is a directory, I'd imagine you'd farm out its > files to the directories listed in the preceding paragraph. If VDEV > is an executable, it would go in /usr/bin, or perhaps /sbin > or /usr/sbin. > > Like I say, I'm the world's least authoritative person when it comes > to package managers, but if I've understood what I've heard others, > the preceding pretty much sums up what to do. Stephanie later brought up a reason why it should be on /sbin or something else always on the root partition, so ignore what I said. SteveT Steve Litt March 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
