Re: [Tsp-devel] Symlink in opt directory

[Eric Noulard]

2007/4/19, Olivier BONHOMME <address@hidden>:
> Hello,
>
> In order to replace the TSP version 0.7 by the last 0.8.3-rc1 using the
> RPM generated , I saw that TSP is installed in the /opt/tsp-<version>
> directory. On all the systems where TSP is installed, we added a symlink
> from /opt/tsp to /opt/tsp-<version> where version is the current version
> used by the developpers and we put the /opt/tsp/bin directory in the
> PATH variable.
>
> I think it would be interesting to add this symlink in the template SPEC
> file used for the RPM generation in order to be sure that when we change
> the RPM, the new TSP version installed is used.

Yes it is a good idea.
Nevertheless there is already some PATH setup automatically done
by the TSP rpm, you should have

/etc/profile.d/tsp.sh
/etc/profile.d/tsp.csh

files installed.

Those file contains proper setup for TSP PATH for any user.
Nevertheless using this the PATH will be updated on next login.

The symlink solution is a good one, but you still have to update the path.
I think I may like the symlink to be setup by update-alternatives(8)
using update-alternatives we should be able to:

- setup link directly in /usr/bin so that we won't need PATH modification
- install several tsp versions alternatives (for testing purpose)
 even if one version is installed with RPM and another with make install

Whatever the solution you will try I invite you to submit a patch :))
Note that update-alternatives should be available on a wide range
of linux distribution including Fedora/RedHat, Mandriva and Debian-based
distrib.

--
Erk