Codepages proposal ...
Ulf Bertilsson
ulf.bertilsson at adcomdata.no
Fri May 18 08:46:35 GMT 2001
> Having looked at the codepages issue, I think that the
> following should be
> done:
>
> 1. Codepages should be sent to /usr/share/samba/codepages if you are
> building an FHS compliant system.
>
> 2. The various packaged should install them in
> /usr/share/samba/codepages.
> Esp RedHat and Caldera etc
>
> 3. They should be installed in the standard location if you
> are not trying
> to be FHS compliant (ie /usr/local/samba/...)
>
> 4. The source does not seem to need to be installed. No one
> should need it,
> unless they want to develop a new codepage, in which case
> they can pull the
> whole Samba source.
>
> 5. There may be issues with packages like the RedHat RPM in
> changing the
> location of code pages. That is, the old locations may need
> to be cleaned up.
Side note on Amiga OS;
'Samba:codepages'
'Samba:' assign is setup to root level of install drawer.
Case sensitivity/user rights may differ from filesystem in use.
Ulf
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