Re: [webmin-devel] packaged vs local modules

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 12:38, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jun 2004, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> > Yes.. I presume you only create .deb packages for the standard modules,
> > and not for any third-party modules?
> >
> 
> well there's a couple of third-party modules--exim and snort.  And i'm
> missing a couple of standard modules that don't apply or deal with
> obsolete software such as sgiexports or  majordomo but by and large yes.
> There are some other people who maintain packages of other third-party
> modules though.
> 
> > > > which seems
> > > > to be the core problem here.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Also what about cloned modules?  Currently rpm and dpkg can't deal with
> > > those at all.
> >
> > That's a whole other problem :-(
> >
> > The current method via which cloning is done is not optimal, as clones
> > are not stored in /etc/webmin as they should be. Perhaps introducing
> > support for multiple root directories could help solve this too, but
> > creating clones as links under some /etc/webmin/clones directory, rather
> > than links in /usr/libexec/webmin ..
> >
> 
> It seems to me the multiple root idea is the cleanest all around.  But in
> the end it is what is easiest for you that counts.

I'll have a look into implementing multiple roots then, when I get the
chance. Some of the work has been done already, in order to support
themes.

 - Jamie