On Jan 13,2003 08:30:06 -0600, Jared <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Thanks for the info. Do you think /usr/local will be OK? Otherwise, I >could us something else like /usr/custom or /usr/hw (from hotway). Is >that acceptable? I don't want to go against the grain on how unix apps >and libraries should be installed. > >On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 08:12 AM, David R. Morrison wrote: > >> My understanding is that PackageMaker can only install things into a >> single >> tree, whose "root" (= starting point) can either be predetermined by >> you or >> selected by the user. Since you want things to go into a predetermined >> location, you'll make that choice. You will need to create a tarball >> which >> will get installed into /usr (or wherever you choose) and has >> subdirectories >> like lib, include, and bin. > >I tried something like that before, where I made my root "/" and then >made myself a tree with usr/sbin/hotwayd and etc/xinetd.d/hotwayd as >files to be installed. Well, it ended up wiping out my symlink of /etc >and replacing it with an actual directory, /etc/ with only one file in >it (xinetd.d) and one file inside that. Luckily, it was unable to wipe >out /usr because I mistakenly forgot to give it root privileges >(difference between root and admin wasn't clear at the time). Do you >think if I had given it root privileges that it would have installed >*in* /etc and *in* /usr or would it have gone overboard and trashed >/usr as well? > >-Jared >
Yes, there are some real dangers inherent in using PackageMaker. I am told that they have improved it in 10.2 when compared with 10.2, but it is dangerous nonetheless. If you are going to be installing into /usr/local, though, this shouldn't be a problem. (You use /usr/local as the root.) -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
