Paul Klapperich wrote:
On 2/13/07, *Frantisek Dufka* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
A
Yes it was similar except /usr/local was /var/lib/install. And it was
done in such way that no package could ever put file outside of
/var/lib/install (the only way that gives you some additional security
you probably want).
So you had 2 classes of packages (system ones in / and user ones in
/var/lib/install) which made system more complex and prevented you from
making 'system' packages i.e. ones which modifes or extends the system
in interesting way.
As an example, privoxy wouldn't work (can't edit init scripts to make
auto start) nor would openssh, dropbear, or becomeroot. This packages
all require root--for good reason.
Yes, and the Application Manager (by looking at the packages flags
somehow) could tell if this is a system app (and thus ask the User to
enter somekind of passphrase) or a user app (thus installing it with no
hassle). Asking the User for a kind of passphrase will give Application
Manager root privileges and thus dpkg could be ran as root and those
apps would install as usual and do their (good) job.
Debian systems always require root to run dpkg and apt. I think it would
be unwise for this platform to customize those tools simply because it
has flash memory instead of a hard disk. Call it an embedded platform,
but it's a hand-held computer.
AFAIK dpkg has an option (--force-non-root) that tells it to "Try to
(de)install things even when not root". Thus there will be no
customization for these tools. Everything would be transparent.
I still don't understand why this cannot be done in an easy way from the
maemo team.
--
anidel
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