Re: LSB packages
Aleksei Rovensky <ar@ares.sot.com> writes:
>> My understanding is that there would be:
>> A package "lsb-sun-staroffice-5.2.i386.rpm" with the registry name
>> "sun-staroffice-5.2" installed in /opt/sun/staroffice, which is not to be
>> confused with "lsb-openoffice-6.3.2.i386.rpm" that is installed in
>> /opt/openoffice. The end-user gets to pick which to use, but it does not
>> impact the system.
>> George Kraft IV
>> gk4@austin.ibm.com
>> IBM Linux Technology Center
>> FSG's Linux Standard Base
> How about effect to packages in distribution? I mean
> not "external" packages like staroffice? I mean
> will all packages in distros (if they are LSB compatible) now have
> that "lsb-" extension?
No. Packages coming with a distribution need not be LSB compliant for
an LSB compliant system. Some packages will certainly have an "lsb-"
extension but those are required by LSB, e.g. to provide the LSB
environment.
Andreas
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