[Gluster-devel] Some FAQs ...

Brent A Nelson brent at phys.ufl.edu
Thu Apr 26 14:14:10 UTC 2007


On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Steffen Grunewald wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 12:10:59PM -0400, Brent A Nelson wrote:
>> I would just like to point out that it is extremely easy to create your
>> own .deb using checkinstall instead of "make install".  That's what I've
>> done with all my GlusterFS compiles.
>
> Want to share your debian/ tree?
>

checkinstall does not leave a debian/ tree behind, and I have not created 
one for its use; much like alien, it wouldn't be of any use for creating a 
proper deb for the major repositories.  For personal use, though, it's a 
Godsend.

>> Of course, it would be great if GlusterFS was in the Debian and Ubuntu
>> repositories, waiting for people to stumble across it...
>
> Sure... GlusterFS is so hot (in terms of life cycle, features and performance)
> it would be a waste if nobody noticed...

Yep.

Thanks,

Brent





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