[Distutils] installing scripts to /usr/sbin?

Mark W. Alexander slash at dotnetslash.net
Fri Feb 13 08:13:51 EST 2004


On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:36:28AM +0100, Alexandre wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:33:47AM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> > > A piece of unsolicited advice: don't.
> > > /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and their ilk should
> > > be left to the operating system vendor.
> > > 
> > > /opt or /usr/local can be used for add-on
> > > software, depending on how pedantic you
> > > want to be about following the guidelines
> > > of whatever operating system you're using.
> > 
> > as a debian developer (who is unfortunatly a python novice) i am
> > the operating system vendor. (c:
> 
> If you're making a Debian package, then why don't you move the scripts
> in debian/rules ? This sounds like the simplest thing to do. 

Because Distutils should be able to do Debian packages natively?

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