On 05/22/2013 01:38 AM, Fabricio Cannini wrote:
Hi there
I'm trying to define a directory structure that allow for many varieties
of the same software to be installed . The differences would consist of :
- Software version
- Compiler vendor
- Compiler version
These packages are for centos 5 and 6, basically .
The directory structure I'm thinking of is like this :
====
/opt
/{ softwares,libraries,compilers }
/software_name
/software_version
/compiler_name
/compiler_version
====
Also, i'm thinking of embedding compiler vendor and version on the
'release' field of the rpm .
The questions are :
- Is the directory structure too complex ? Can it be simpler while
allowing multiple variations of the same software ( version ) to be
installed side-by-side ?
- Am I abusing the 'release' field ?
- On the current roadmap of rpm ( the software ) development, is my plan
( a little, at least ) future-proof ?
For parallel-installable packages 'release' is the wrong place to
differentiate them, put the differences into the package names instead:
http://rpm.org/wiki/PackagerDocs/MultipleVersions
- Panu -
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