> Hi,
>
> Is anyone working on making the setup and install of the Linux dmDSK
> more alternate distribution friendly? It's, understandably, quite RedHat
> centric as it is (I'm using Debian). Also, would it pay off to switch to
> an autoconf style build system i.e. will it work on IRIX/NT also? I'd be
> willing to put some effort into it if noone's doing it already.
Andy, SGI is sticking to RPM for our development and deployment, but we
welcome help on packaging for other distributions. I should note that
SGI can't guarantee support for it.
I don't know whether switching to autoconf would be possible on all
systems. I think it'd be nice to have if we could do everything we're
doing now within the autotools framework. I know, though, that
automake has some limitations regarding shared libraries that have
gotten in our way in the past. But if it's of interest to you, I
encourage you to investigate.
Michael
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