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

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

On 07/08/2003 05:03:45 PM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> >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 librari=
es
>> >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.
>
>I made the package optional, as far as compiling is concerned (it take=
s
>forever to compile).
>
>The size of libraries and binaries are pushing 15MB, quite a chunk of
>memory.  So I'm really tempted to install it under CDDIR and see how i=
t
>runs direct from CD.  Thoughts?

I think it's worth trying it out. Without any experience how it works,
it's hard to make a decision.

Heiko
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