Re: [Dri-devel] driver packaging/installation script

[Kreuzritter2000 <kre...@gm...>]

> Ok, hehe, I can't do everything. I will look into creating an RPM, I've
> never done it before but I figure it can't be too difficult. So I will
> expand the script so it can create you an RPM or a general tar.gz file
> with
> the install script that works for everyone. As for .deb and .tgz files,
> someone else will have to do it. I don't run Slackware/Debian so I can't
> do
> it.

> I will modify the dripkg.sh script so it asks you what kind of file you
> want to create (.tar.gz, .rpm, .deb, .tgz) and according to that it will
> use a function to create the file (ie: create_tar, create_rpm, create_deb,
> create_tgz). Once I get it done for RPM I will check the script into CVS
> so
> anybody can fill in the code for create_*** they want.

> The only problem I see with packages like RPM is, how do you perform
> insmod/rmmod while the X server is running? You can't! So you would have
> to
> let the user know he needs to either manually insmod/rmmod or restart
> their
> machine. Can an RPM let a user know something like this?
> Also, how would you handle errors while building the kernel modules on a
> user's machine?


> - Frank

Hm, i don't know how it works with RPM but with a Slackware Paket you can let
run the Slack paket manager a shell script after the files are installed.
Running the script before installing is at the moment not possible.

Best Regards,
  Oliver C.