Re: [Rpm-ecosystem] debugedit project setup

[Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>]

Hi Panu,

I added debugedit@sourceware.org to the CC.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 03:52:53PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> On 3/23/21 2:29 PM, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > On 3/22/21 7:42 PM, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> > > There is a test debugedit-0.1 release to see whether this works. But I
> > > would like to make sure first that things are setup so that flatpak and
> > > rpm can use this as is before people start packaging it. Once we know
> > > it can be used as replacement for the built-in rpm/flatpak debugedit we
> > > do a proper debugedit 1.0 release.
> > 
> > Awesome. I'll make it a priority to see that we transition, if at all
> > possible, to the external debugedit in rpm 4.17 already. Stay tuned...
> 
> FWIW, here's a quick-n-dirty package of debugedit 0.1:
> 
> https://laiskiainen.org/rpm/debugedit/

Nice, thanks.  Would it make sense to add the debugedit.spec to the
debugedit sources themselves so people can easily create an rpm?

Does it actually make sense to install everything under bindir?
Originally in rpm the tools were installed under /usr/lib/rpm/ because
they were only invoked indirectly through rpm. If we see them as tools
that no user/admin/developer will ever invoke directly maybe they
should be installed under /usr/libexec/ instead?

Cheers,

Mark