Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] tools: Improve make deb

[Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>]

At 17:12 +0000 on 26 Feb (1361898743), Ian Jackson wrote:
> Tim Deegan writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] tools: Improve make deb"):
> > Speaking as its author, I know what the objective is: to unpack what
> > 'make install' would do, and remove it again afterwards.  The fact that
> > it uses a .deb package for that is unfortunate, because it leads people
> > to think of it as a packaged Xen.  Perhaps I ought to have rolled my own
> > manifest for uninstalling.
> 
> I think we should fix this problem by improving the documentation.
> 
> From a technical point of view, a .deb is definitely the right thing.
> 
> And I do think that there is a plausible argument that the config
> files ought not to be just blatted over the top of your system.  (If
> "make install" does that then there's the same argument there - I
> don't think "make install" should trash existing config.)

AFAIK 'make install' does; certainly some room for improvement in that
are.  In 'make deb' treating config files as normal data is deliberate.
I don't want remnants of old tests contaminating my new install - that
was the whole point.

Tim.

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel