On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 10:39:48AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm currently massaging out packaging details for a particular game > server, and I'm not completely clear where I should place the ELF > binaries. The server will be started via a customisable initialisation > script and should not be manually started. > > The script to start the server by hand will go in /usr/bin/, and can also > be started automatically at runlevel. I would like to place the ELF > binaries under /usr/lib/<package>
/usr/lib/<package> seems to be the proper place. > > Also, I will be packaging up a minimal game dataset for the server, and I > want to have a script the admin can use to copy it somewhere under > /usr/local/games and customise it. Where should I install the sample > dataset? The manual seems to indicate /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples, > but that doesn't seem right to me in this case. My gut feeling is > /usr/lib/<package>/<base dataset> because it isn't meant to be used before > customisation. If they are architecture independant (at package install time) then they can go under /usr/share/<package>, else they should go under /usr/lib/<package>. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
