> On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 20:59, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > hmm well won't work in this case, looks like I'll have to > provide an install script and pack the lot up as a tarball. > Hardly worth making an rpm really.
This is no more effort than making a tarball. Just put the setup script as another source in your package. Its nto hard. And its better than the tarball system in that: Standard installation Uninstallation File querying Verification Automated installs Generally better FHS compliance yes, I think not allowing users to create broken packages is a feature. Mike -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Mike MacCana Support Consultant RHCE, MCSE, MCP+I Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development Level 9, 140 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9642 5997 Fax: 03 9642 5998 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
