Dear mentors (with CC to debian-powerpc), I intend to package a heartbeat program for an embedded computer (actually, a NAS) based on PowerPC, the Kurobox.
The original firmware of the Kurobox is non-free, but there is a free, highly configurable daemon from <http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppc-evtd>. The "problem" is that it is packaged by upstream in a quite unusual way, with the following directory structure: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ tar ztf avr_evtd_1.7.2.release.tar.gz usr/src/avr_evtd/./ usr/src/avr_evtd/./COPYING usr/src/avr_evtd/./Makefile usr/src/avr_evtd/./README1st.txt usr/src/avr_evtd/./avr_evtd.c usr/src/avr_evtd/./PPC/ usr/src/avr_evtd/./PPC/avr_evtd usr/src/avr_evtd/./MIPS/ usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/ usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/avr_evtd usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/emergency_eth0 usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/avr_evtd.sample usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/EventScript usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/COPYING usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/recovery.tar usr/src/avr_evtd/./Install/avr_evtd.1.gz usr/src/avr_evtd/./IMPORTANT.PLEASE READ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It also contains a binary included and some other things that need to be Debianized. So, in light of this strange situation, would it be the case of repackaging the source or would it be better to keep upstream's strange arrangement? I'm interested, BTW, in getting things working well in small, embedded platforms. Thanks for any comments, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
