Package: wnpp Owner: Luca Capello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Severity: wishlist
* Package name : thinkfinger Version : 0.2.2 [1] Upstream Author : Timo Hoenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL or Web page : http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net * License : GPL Description : $PACKAGE for the SGS Thomson Microelectronics fingerprint reader ThinkFinger is a driver for the UPEK/SGS Thomson Microelectronics fingerprint reader. The device is being found either as a standalone USB device, built into USB keyboards or built into laptops (usually From Dell, IBM/Lenovo and Toshiba). Here it will be the second part of the long description, read below. Moreover, $PACKAGE in the short description will reflect the package contents [2]. ThinkFinger is devided into two parts: libthinkfinger and pam_thinkfinger. libthinkfinger is a library to be used in order to communicate with the fingerprint reader. The utility 'tf-tool' can be used to acquire and to verify fingerprints. Now, I don't really know the best way to package ThinkFinger. In theory, I guess we should have (file size in bytes, not stripped): - libthinkfinger, depends on libusb /usr/lib/libthinkfinger.so (31751) - libthinkfinger-dev /usr/include/libthinkfinger.h (4732) /usr/lib/libthinkfinger.a (40484) /usr/lib/libthinkfinger.la (876) /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libthinkfinger.pc (324) - tf-tool, depends on libthinkfinger /usr/sbin/tf-tool (23152) /usr/share/man/man1/tf-tool.1.gz (1052) - libpam-thinkfinger, depends on libthinkfinger [3] /etc/pam_thinkfinger/ [where the login fingerprint are stored] /lib/security/pam_thinkfinger.so (27724) /usr/share/man/man8/pam_thinkfinger.8.gz (782) Am I correct? Is tf-tool worth a single package or can I include it in libthinkfinger (as I'd prefer)? Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] the package version will be greater than 0.2.2, because I'll wait for the inclusion of the manpages as of http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.thinkfinger/111 [2] I still have a problem, because e.g. "PAM module for the SGS Thomson Microelectronics fingerprint reader" is longer than the expected 60 characters for the short description. Suggestions welcome! [3] strictly speaking, the PAM module doesn't depend on tf-tool, because it uses libthinkfinger to access the fingerprint reader. However, it should recommends tf-tool because the latter is necessary to acquire the fingerprint for a login user
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