Re: [Devil-linux-develop] moving stuff to cd

[Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...>]

On 07/08/2003 10:03:35 AM Bruce Smith wrote:
>>  From now on everything which is in the directories:
>> $CDDIR/bin
>> $CDDIR/lib
>> $CDDIR/sbin
>> $CDDIR/usr/bin
>> $CDDIR/usr/lib
>> $CDDIR/usr/sbin
>>
>> will be linked into the appropriate folder.
>
>So this could make a lot of optional packages no longer optional?
>
>Instead of making them optional, just put them on the CD and be done
>with them?

Hmmm, what do others think about this? When move to USB storage or flas=
h
disks, this makes sense.

>I'm thinking of the H.323 gatekeeper I'm currently working on.
>The first thing it requires is "pwlib".  I can just put the libraries
>in $CDDIR/lib (or $CDDIR/usr/lib), and I'm done.  No need to make this=

>package optional?
>
>It also needs OpenH323 lib.  Same question.
>
>And finally the gatekeeper itself.  Just put in $CDDIR[/usr]/[s]bin ??=
?
>No need to make optional?  Even for compiling?

You could do this, but I'm not sure if you want it.
Don't forgett that the CD has to start spinning everytime the binary or=
 the
libs are accessed.


Heiko
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