"make install" should futz with /etc/init.d/shellinabox /etc/rc?.d /etc/shellinabox etc... about shellinabox

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It is very uncommon for "make install" to write any files outside of 
"/usr/local". 
This would interfere with the system's management tools and is thus frowned 
upon.

If you want files to be installed in "/etc", you should install package files 
that 
can be managed by the system's package manager. As is, ShellInABox only 
provides 
package files for Debian-based Linux systems (including Ubuntu). You can build 
them 
using the standard Debian build command:

  dpkg-buildpackage

It will build package files in your parent directory. You can then install them 
with

  dpkg -i *.deb

At some point, I should probably provide similar build tools for other 
distributions. But I was hoping to hear from the distribution vendors, if they 
want 
these tools to be provided in the upstream distribution (i.e. in my source 
package).

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Mar 2009 at 3:07

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I added INSTALL.Debian to SVN. It includes more details on how to build, 
install, 
and manage Debian packages.

Original comment by [email protected] on 23 Mar 2009 at 3:50