[Printing-architecture] RE: [Printing-summit] RE: where is th e info on driver directories

[Till Kamppeter]

Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> "Petrie, Glen" <glen.petrie at eitc.epson.com> writes:
> 
>> A thought I did not complete in the last email is the directory structure
>> for pdpca.  With in the $bindir/pdpca directory, do we ...
>>
>> 1.)  Have no sub directories for the pdpca files
>> 2.)  Have subdirectories based on <dev>
>>
>> I actually like number '1.)'.  The first reason is that I believe that <dev>
>> will start having sub-dir, with more sub-dir, with more sub-dir etc..  I
>> find this to be a pain-in-neck when I am trying to locate something of the
>> nature of the pdpca.  It is ok for the <dev> but not typically anyone else.
> 
> Then have a tool locate it for you, as per my previous mail.
> 
>> Another advantage of '1.)' is there can never be two files with the same
>> filename.  This will prevent bad naming or improper naming by various
>> independent developing parties.
> 
> Just put the driver specific tool with the rest of the driver, that is
> somewhere below /opt/<supplier>, and have the LSB DDK add the links to
> the right place.  As it does now already for everything else.
> 
> It's up to the <supplier> to make sure there are no conflicts in their
> little piece of the file system.  Personally, I'd suggest following
> the conventions of the GNU people modulo --prefix=/opt/<supplier>, so
> your driver specific tools will probably live in /opt/<supplier>/bin/
> or /opt/<supplier>/lib/.
> 

This is also how I would do it in the distro-independent packages. The 
LSB DDK already adds /opt/<supplier>/bin/ and /opt/<supplier>/sbin/ to 
the $PATH, so a test tool can started by the user like any auxiliary 
utility (as ink level checkers, etc.).

    Till