[csw-maintainers] nginx + passenger

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Jon,

Am 16.08.2011 um 14:05 schrieb Jonathan Craig:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I suggest adding alternatives with nginx as base package and nginx_passenger as
>> add-on which takes precedence on the binary and depends on ruby etc.
> 
> So we would have a package that provides function set 'A' as a base
> package and then create a package that provides function set 'A' + 'B'
> and uses alternatives to take precedence.  The benefit being that the
> base package avoids a dependency on ruby?

Yes.

> Would it be better to roll
> the 'a' + 'b' functionality into the base and create a shell package
> that appends the ruby dependency but doesn't actually make a binary
> change.

That will probably not work as the binaries in the base package link
to dependent libraries not installed. It would also complicate
checking if dependencies are entered correctly.

> The benefit of this would be just one actual binary to build
> and troubleshoot.

True, but for the above reason it usually doesn't work this way.


Best regards

  -- Dago

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