On Tuesday 09 February 2010 14:29:14 Bernd Stramm wrote: > On 09/02/10 08:29, Dave Neary wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ajai Khattri wrote: > >> OK, but Im curious: what would be an example of a package with multiple > >> binaries? > > > > binutils, for example? > > gcc has a few (c89& c99 versions, for example) > > textutils > > openssh (scp, sftp, ssh, ...) > > git, imagemagick, mysql, ...
I think of it like this: A single source package may generate multiple programs (normally related in some way). If the programs are grouped together such that if the user installs one they almost certainly also want another then they should go into the same binary package (this often occurs with programs and scripts which make use of them or set them up, for example). On the other hand, if it is likely that the user may want one program without another, then they should go into different binary packages so that space is not wasted (and possible user confusion caused) by having both installed when you only want one. A good example of that is openssh-server and openssh-client: in many cases you need one or the other, not both, so they are two different binary packages built from the same source package (openssh). Graham _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
