Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Custom CD: Additions to /var and /etc

[Torsten <do...@lu...>]

Eric S. Johansson said:
> this is good to know.  The method Torsten described of putting programs=
 in
> /opt and using a custom-CD script has me wondering what is the best
> way to add programs to devil Linux.  I will confess that I have not spe=
nd a
> great deal of time with the example given the documentation but it seem=
ed
> like it may be somewhat messy trying to makes the default build process
> for a package with the devil Linux build process.  I know it may prove
> problematic with some of the python scripts I have.  I would also like =
to
> be able to make changes to my application set without having to rebuild
> the entire system.
>
> On the other hand, building all programs into /opt does not seem all
> that bad.
>
> guidance would be most welcome.

I was also wondering about "best practices". Regarding Tomcat, putting al=
l
the dynamic stuff in /var gives enough flexibility, such as (re-)deployin=
g
applications. But If I would like to for example add a new JDBC driver to
Tomcat's libraries in /opt, I would in fact have to rebuild my CD, like
Eric mentioned.
But I could live with that, the old CD ROM in the PC I intend to use for
my Devil Server happily accepts rewritables :-)
Torsten