I am packaging an install wrapper for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] client. It will go in the contrib/misc section. One of the conditions of the copyright is that the user has to download the tarball that contains the binaries directly from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] official webpage (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/unix.html). There, they have tarballs for several architectures. Even for the x86-linux architecture, there are several options available such as:
i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 : for libc2.1 i386-pc-linux-gnulibc1 : for libc2.0 i386-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static : static 2.0 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 : 686-optimized for 2.1 i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static : 686-optimized static for 2.0 Now, I did make an install package that would install the binaries from the tarball that is put either in /tmp or $TMPDIR. My question is - should I actually make 5 separate packages with different dependencies or make one package with instructions to download the correct tarball for their system. With the latter option, obviously if someone with a slink system were to download the gnulibc2.1 version, the program won't run. Based on this, it seems to me that I should make 5 separate wrapper packages, and force dependencies accordingly. Am I right? Any help appreciated. Gopal -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Fax#: (413) 545 4223 University of Massachusetts e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amherst MA 01003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
