Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Need some help: Using distributed help text files, instead of "#include" built i

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Guy Harris wrote:

> On Dec 22, 2003, at 12:21 AM, Ulf Lamping wrote:
>
> > -add help text files to packaging for other platforms (deb, rpm, ...)
>
>
> Hmm.  For RPM, it appears we might install Ethereal's "manuf" and 
> Diameter dictionary files in "/etc"; perhaps they should go into 
> "/usr/share/ethereal" instead.
>
> If so, the help files should go into "/usr/share/ethereal/help".
>
> I don't see anything obvious in the SVR4 packaging stuff to specify 
> what files get installed; I assume the package is built by doing a 
> "make install" to some directory and packaging up the stuff under that 
> directory.
>
> I infer from the fact that "debian/ethereal-common.files" has a line 
> "/usr/share/ethereal/*" that a Debian package will automatically 
> include everything that gets installed under "/usr/share/ethereal",  
> which would included "/usr/share/ethereal/help".  I don't know whether 
> that'd include the files *in* that directory, however.
Well, as I've already written, my knowledge of the unix installers is 
really very limited. I have to rely on the gurus here.

Regards, ULFL