On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 02:11:05PM +0100, Sébastien Jodogne wrote: > > Again, Debian strictly recommends against modifying files of > > other packages. However, this might be solved by a (really > > small) package orthanc-sqlite which CONFLICTS: with > > orthanc-postgresql, both of which providing orthanc-backend > > and both providing /etc/init.d/orthanc.init as appropriate. > > > > Orthanc itself would then depend on orthanc-backend (which is > > satisfied by both -sqlite and -postgresql). > > OK, got it! > > Andreas, if you don't mind, I will therefore modify the "orthanc" package in > the following way: > > - All the content of the current "orthanc" package (notably the main binary > "/usr/sbin/Orthanc") will be moved to some new package "orthanc-backend", > - "orthanc" will only provide "/etc/init.d/orthanc", > - "orthanc" will depend on "orthanc-backend". > > The newly added "orthanc-postgresql" package will: > > - depend on "orthanc-backend", > - conflict on "orthanc", and > - provide an alternate version of "/etc/init.d/orthanc" with postgresql in > Required-Start and Required-Stop.
While, technically, this should work it does sound a bit backwards to me. I would provide the following packages: orthanc main binary and general infrastructure all the non-backend stuff orthanc-sqlite nearly empty package (?) only providing orthanc.init without postgresql perhaps providing backup/restore scripts for sqlite DB ? Conflicts: orthanc-postgresql orthanc-postgresql providing orthanc.init with postgresql providing PG backend plugin Conflicts: orthanc-sqlite Package orthanc could either Depends: on "orthanc-sqlite | orthanc-postgresql" in which case either of which would satisfy the dependency. If either is pre-installed or co-installed in this invocation of apt-get the other wouldn't get installed. Both cannot be co-installed at the same time due to the conflict. One _must_ be installed due to the Depends. Alternatively, both -sqlite and -postgresql could Provides: a (virtual) package "orthanc-backend" which does not contain anything and doesn't really exist either. Orthanc itself would then only depend on orthanc-backend (and not both of -sqlite and -postgresql explicitely). That way, it is a lot easier to add another backend: Just upload orthanc-oracle which also Provides: orthanc-backend ... The drawback is that you cannot "force" a "preference" (which is possible by the order of ORed alternatives in "orthanc-sqlite | orthanc-postgresql". Pick your poison ... Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-med-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150302133050.gg11...@hermes.hilbert.loc