Re: [Scrollkeeper-devel] ScrollKeeper-0.1 Proposal #3

[Nik C. <ni...@fr...>]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 09:39:56AM +0000, Laszlo Kovacs wrote:
> > > This would pose a significant problem.  The original design installed each
> > > document with something like:
> > >
> > >     scrollkeeper-install <omffile> <doc>
> > 
> > I think that's probably a bad idea.  Each OS is going to have its own idea
> > of what program to use to physically install the document, and set the
> > ownership and permissions properly.  I don't see much point in reinventing
> > install(1) or cp(1).
> 
> This is a misunderstanding. It is an addition to install and cp, not a
> reinvention. It installs the doc into the Scrollkeeper database after it
> was installed with install or cp to the right location.

Ah, OK.

[snip]

> > Most package systems should provide a mechanism to call scrollkeeper-install
> > after a document has been added to the system, ideally with the path in
> > which the document was installed.  For those that don't, the system can
> > run something periodically that re-indexes the list of installed
> > documentation, in the same way that the apropos database is built at the
> > moment.
>
> The problem with this is that packagers will have to create large
> postinstall scripts to get it working right and some of the people on
> this list think they will not do it if the changes are not as simple as
> possible. If we disregard the packagers possible reaction then most/all
> of the Scrollkeeper related process should be launched from postinstall
> scripts. But as I said some people strongly opposed that.

How large?  

Installing the documentation and running a scrollkeeper command should be
as trivial as installing a new library and having to run ldconfig after
the install.

N
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