[sane-devel] where to put firmware files?

[Oliver Rauch]

Matto Marjanovic schrieb:
> 
>  >> Currently I'm using /usr/local/lib/sane as the default directory for
>  >> these files as they are binary objects. But as they are
>  >> platform-independent, shouldn't be the default path for such files
>  >> SANE_DATA_DIR "/sane" (by default "/usr/local/share/sane")?
>  >
>  >I think both places are ok but I would prefer /usr/local/share/sane.
>  >
>  >I suggest to create a subdirectory "firmware":
>  >/usr/local/share/sane/firmware
> 
> How about a backend-specific subdirectory, e.g.
> 
>    /usr/local/share/sane/umax/
> 
> This will avoid potential name-clashes for the firmware files (or any other
>  backend-specific files).  What is the chance that two different backends
>  will use identical firmware files?
> 

Yes. Correct, even if the chance is small.


Bye
Oliver


-- 
Homepage:	http://www.rauch-domain.de
sane-umax:	http://www.rauch-domain.de/sane-umax
xsane:		http://www.xsane.org
E-Mail:		mailto:Oliver.Rauch@rauch-domain.de