Re: packaging GnuDIP ....

1999-02-21 Thread Randolph Chung
> I think you want to tr/|/,/ on that. oops.. > Generally installing stuff direclty from CPAN is not supported - if you have > to you can use equivs or something to let dpkg know you have a local > version. So I'd make those into dependancies. ok > How can cron be used if it's not on the same m

Re: packaging GnuDIP ....

1999-02-21 Thread Joey Hess
Randolph Chung wrote: > hmm... even though the package will *fail* installation without them? Well in that case, no. What does it do during installation that uses them? > maybe i'll use this -- please let me know if it makes sense: > Depends: perl | mysql-base > Recommends: cron | httpd | mysql-

Re: packaging GnuDIP ....

1999-02-21 Thread Randolph Chung
> It's certinaly a good idea to not make the package depend on the dns, web, > and mysql servers. It could probably get away with reccommending (or at > least suggesting) them. hmm... even though the package will *fail* installation without them? maybe i'll use this -- please let me know if it m

Re: packaging GnuDIP ....

1999-02-21 Thread Joey Hess
Randolph Chung wrote: > so people seem to really want this package fast :) need some advice on this > though -- there are really three different things that the gnudip package > talks to -- the web server, the DNS server and the MySQL database. > Potentially, these can all be on different machines.

packaging GnuDIP ....

1999-02-21 Thread Randolph Chung
so people seem to really want this package fast :) need some advice on this though -- there are really three different things that the gnudip package talks to -- the web server, the DNS server and the MySQL database. Potentially, these can all be on different machines. How does one write sane insta