[Opendnssec-user] Debian packaging finished

[Ville Mattila]

Hi,

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Ondřej Surý wrote:

> I have just uploaded last component of OpenDNSSEC to NEW queue on
> ftp-master.debian.org. Package will have to be reviewed by ftp-master
> team before they will be accepted to the main archive.

> Anyway if you want to test the packages right now, write me.

I'd appreciate if you could provide us with the Debian package sources
(at least the .dsc and possible patches).  ftp-master.debian.org has
been shutdown temporarily [1] and I'd like to see in particular how
you've defined installation file/dir owner and permissions as I'm trying
to enhance the current RPM package specification
(opendnssec-1.0.0/contrib/opendnssec.spec) to meet Fedora packaging
requirements [2].

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/03/msg00010.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Filesystem_Layout
     http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/UsersAndGroups

> Beware that data directory was made FHS compliant, e.g. moved to
> /var/lib/opendnssec, since FHS says:
>
> "Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of
> /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some
> system-wide implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing
> list."

A vote for FHS compliance from myself, too.  It's a requirement
[2] for e.g.  Fedora Linux and EPEL packages, too.  But if FHS does
not suit FreeBSD etc. it would be okay to mangle /var/opendnssec ->
/var/lib/opendnssec in the RPM package.

Ville

PS. Thanks to Andy (@nominet) for the current opendnssec.spec.  It has 
saved us a lot of time already.

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