Re: debian packaging and /usr/local/bin

2000-06-14 Thread John Hasler
> Now if we are concerned about administrators being able to keep all > applications in the dpkg database, so as to insure system integrety, > could not some kind of generic .config script be written that creates > .deb files for non-supported applications. It's called debhelper, and most develope

debian packaging and /usr/local/bin

2000-06-14 Thread tom
Recent discussions about netscape and other non-gpl applications prompt me wonder about the debian packaging system. In most unix systems software that is not part of the distribution is compiled and put into /opt or /usr/local or some similar place. Usually developers will have make files for o