Thanks for the reply. On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 07:37 AM, David R. Morrison wrote:
However, I *implore* you not to do this if you have built the Fink packagesI assure you, I have no intention of modifying the /sw directory. All my testing was done by copying files FROM /sw on one computer to /usr on another computer without Fink. The program I am packaging up worked normally using this method. I am planning to install the needed files into /usr/lib and /usr/include.
using the default /sw installation location.
What you could do instead, is to pick an installation prefix of your ownThis seems reasonable. However, if I am going to add my own prefix, I would probably put it inside /usr or something. I don't want my directory of a dozen files sitting at the root of someone's computer. I'd rather have it all nicely tucked away somewhere. That's why I'm planning just to integrate it into /usr. If I do add my own prefix, I will probably need more assistance from you guys because I don't know how to do the bootstrap thing you mention. Hopefully I won't have to go that route.
(let's say /opt/jared), and run the Fink bootstrap with the choice of
/opt/jared as installation prefix. Then you can compile the Fink packages
you need, bundle everything up into a .pkg, and distribute them to
your heart's content.
Can anyone tell my why I shouldn't copy files into the /usr directory?
One more question. I am having difficulty finding good information about PackageMaker. I can't figure out how to install more than one file to different locations. For example, my libxml2 package will have to install some files into /usr/lib and some files into /usr/include and one file into /usr/bin. Any idea how to do that?
Thanks all.
-Jared
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