Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:26:43 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to install data? (boinc) Message-ID: <005485B1-CB30-11D8-9FE1-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <20040701045011.GB19108@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:27:13PM -0600, Robin Schoonover wrote:
>> I need some advice involving installation locations...
>>
>> I've pretty much have boinc ported over, but I want to make sure I'm
>> doing
>> the right thing with the default installation location.
>>
>> Currently I have boinc installed into /var/db/boinc to be consistant
>> with
>> where setiathome puts its data files (I think I can see the reasoning
>> on
>> why /var would be a good place). If you tweak PREFIX you can have
>> boinc be
>> installed somewhere else.
Are you talking about *data files* or the program here? Normally hier(7)
should answer most of you questions, and during installation time you
should only put files into ${PREFIX}/.., which should have it's default
value.
>> Also, there is an rcNG script I have written,
>> which by default gets installed into ${LOCALBASE}/etc/rc.d/ (also
>> tweakable).
Nope, your port installs into ${PREFIX}/.., so put it into
${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d
>> All the other boinc data lives in /var/db/boinc (so setiathome, or
>> seti_boinc as I should probably call it, gets installed to
>> /var/db/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu).
Hmmm... that may be a misunderstanding on my side, but you shouldn't
*install* stuff there. The port can keep it's (generated) data in this
location, though.
>> Should I continue to have it install to the /var partition, or not mess
>> with PREFIX and have the default be ${LOCALBASE}?
Don't install anything to ${LOCALBASE}, never.
> I believe this is the correct thing to do. You should create the
> directory in the pkg-install script and then, if it is empty, delete it
> on uninstall (you need to use an @unexec statement).
No, ports shouldn't touch anything outside of ${PREFIX}, especially not
install any files there. It is ok to occasionally create some
directories, like /var/{db,log,run}/..., but they should be empty. And
don't install into ${LOCALBASE}.
The idea is that I'm able to completely separate a port when I want to.
Any people smart enough to install ports to /whatever are also smart
enough to tweak local_startup when they really want to run the port from
there.
-Oliver
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