Re: Service registration

1997-12-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Rob" == Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rob> Well, I don't see how to fix the "needing files that aren't Rob> available" problem (when does this happen?), but the Rob> multi-directory make process shouldn't be a problem. There's no Rob> reason the hook file for tm in Guy's proposa

Re: Service registration

1997-12-18 Thread Rob Browning
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Because the normal build process is to say make build; And, as I just realized, this in itself could be problematic. Are we going to add "Depends: make" to the emacs lisp packages that do this in their postinst? I guess we could, but it seeme

Re: Service registration

1997-12-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Guy" == Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Guy> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This will not work for packages like Gnus, bbdb, w3, hyperbole, vm, >> and psgml, since the compilation requires selectively preloading >> some files, or even running complex build-scripts duri

Re: Service registration

1997-12-18 Thread Raul Miller
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Say, ferinstance, that several revisions of a package are installed > > and there are subtly different arguments each time. Or, that package > > installation fails, is backed out, then installed then reconfigured? Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > S

Re: Service registration

1997-12-18 Thread Guy Maor
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This will not work for packages like Gnus, bbdb, w3, > hyperbole, vm, and psgml, since the compilation requires selectively > preloading some files, or even running complex build-scripts during > the compilation of the elisp files. Why can't

Re: Service registration

1997-12-18 Thread Guy Maor
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Say, ferinstance, that several revisions of a package are installed > and there are subtly different arguments each time. Or, that package > installation fails, is backed out, then installed then reconfigured? Several clients or servers? Clients would r

Re: Service registration

1997-12-17 Thread Rob Browning
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This will not work for packages like Gnus, bbdb, w3, > hyperbole, vm, and psgml, since the compilation requires selectively > preloading some files, or even running complex build-scripts during > the compilation of the elisp files. Well, I t

Re: Service registration

1997-12-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Guy" == Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Guy> For elisp files, it might work like this. Guy> $ register-service --help register-service --install service Guy> package [param=value ...] register-service --remove service Guy> package Guy> In the dpkg postinst: register-service --install

Re: Service registration

1997-12-17 Thread Raul Miller
Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When a provider first installed a hook, the system would immediately > run the hookfile for all clients that already registered. Then > whenever a new client registered, it would run the hookfile. The > hookfile would be run with the same arguments that the c