[Opensim-dev] init.d scripts I put on the wiki and putting then in the svn

[Brian Wolfe]

Let's take this off list since packaging isn't really opensim dev shall
we? :)


On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 14:10 -0600, Gryc Ueusp wrote:
> Yes, I'm well aware of how /opt is bad for packages, but when I was working on 
> it, I was just trying to get the darn thing to compile on Ubuntu's 
> buildservers.
> 
> And please do help with the packaging.  Once it's done for Debian/Ubuntu, 
> it'll probably translate well to other build systems.
> 
> On Saturday 09 February 2008 1:47:18 pm Brian Wolfe wrote:
> > /opt isn't a good place to drop things as a package in Debian format.
> > 8-(
> >
> > If you want, I can help with the packaging a bit. Xen was also a bear
> > and a half to get packaged right.
> >
> > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 13:12 -0600, Gryc Ueusp wrote:
> > > In particular, I encourage you to look at the debian/rules file.  I didnt
> > > get far enough to make it run from init.d.  Currently it just compiles
> > > and dumps it into /opt/opensim.  And yes, it can be used on any debian
> > > based distro, or at least it should.
> > >
> > > On Saturday 09 February 2008 12:57:56 pm Brian Wolfe wrote:
> > > > What are you using for the init.d scripts?
> > > > Is this specific to ubuntu or can it be used on any Debian based
> > > > distro?
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 12:01 -0600, Gryc Ueusp wrote:
> > > > > On Saturday 09 February 2008 2:19:41 am Brian Wolfe wrote:
> > > > > > Because unix installer scripts typically ship with the application.
> > > > > > They install by default to /usr/local/* and can be told to install
> > > > > > to a different root so that packagers can then tarball the
> > > > > > resulting files up. Typically this is done using make. If ther eis
> > > > > > to be any chance of acceptance by the linux distros for inclusion
> > > > > > then this is somethign that is needed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I plan on creating a makefile that would run runprebuild.sh, then
> > > > > > nant, then install.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've already got those first couple steps done:
> > > > > https://launchpad.net/~gryc-ueusp/+archive
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 00:00 -0700, Nebadon Izumi wrote:
> > > > > > > if your making an installer why do they need to be in the SVN?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Feb 8, 2008 10:27 PM, Brian Wolfe <brianw at terrabox.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >         I was considering creating a unix installer tool which
> > > > > > > would need the
> > > > > > >         scripts.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 04:12 +0000, Justin Clark-Casey 
> wrote:
> > > > > > >         > Brian Wolfe wrote:
> > > > > > >         > > I was thinking today that it would probably be a good
> > > > > > >         > > idea
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         to have a
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         > > place in the SVN where contributing scripts such as
> > > > > > >         > > these
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         could be
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         > > added. That way people wouldn't have to hunt them
> > > > > > >         > > down on
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         the wiki to
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         > > have them. It would also let me pass out updates for
> > > > > > >         > > the
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         scripts as I
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         > > improve them.
> > > > > > >         > >
> > > > > > >         > > Any objections to makign the scripts a part of
> > > > > > >         > > OpenSim
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         svn? If not,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         > > would someone be kind enough to dd them for me? :)
> > > > > > >         >
> > > > > > >         > In my personal opinion, support scripts like these
> > > > > > >         > should
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         live in a
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >         > separate space from the core OpenSim project.
> > > > > > >
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