On 8 August 2012 14:38, Scott Ritchie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Basically, the "normal" way virtualgl is distributed is by installing to a
> special folder within /opt, on whatever platform (Linux, Mac, Solaris,
> etc).  This makes the manual consistent, and allows certain scripts to run
> crossplatform.
>

These scripts should rely on PATH instead.


> Would a sort of virtualgl-compat package that puts symlinks in /opt
> pointing to the appropriate files in the real package be acceptable for the
> archive?
>

No, we follow the FHS and should never create files in /opt for in-archive
packages.

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