Re: Hylafax 5.5.6 on Debian Jessie

On 12/02/2015 06:00 AM, Bodo Meissner wrote:
> The version number 5.5.6 seems to be HylaFAX+. I guess you installed 
> from source.
>
> Do you need specific features of HylaFAX+?

I see requests regularly (maybe once per-month) from users wanting to 
use HylaFAX+ on Debian.  I assure you that their interest is not trivial.

For an example of their concerns, see:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499795

Ultimately, I believe that what will need to happen for these users to 
be satisfied would be to have a separate "hylafax+" package in Debian 
repositories.  However, that will require someone with enough loyalty to 
Debian to step-forward to do that.

> If not I suggest to install official Debian packages hylafax-server 
> and hylafax-client. (easy solution)

Another "easy" solution that I've seen many use is to simply abandon 
Debian.  Many of the systems in question are dedicated fax servers, so 
it's not a terribly difficult step to convince someone that simply 
starting with a Fedora/CentOS/RedHat distribution will ultimately prove 
to be easier and better-supported.

> Otherwise you can compare the init scripts created by your 
> installation with the scripts from a Debian package and adapt your 
> scripts as necessary. (requires some knowledge)

I suspect that the core issue involved with Yannik's problem has to do 
with Debian's requirement that the init scripts be "LSBized". See:

https://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts

I suspect what is needed is the inclusion of the "block" of shell 
comments delimited by "### BEGIN INIT INFO" and "### END INIT INFO".

> Or prepare your own Debian package of HylaFAX+. (requires more knowledge)

It's really not that difficult, but it does require time.  I would say 
that it requires more time than it does knowledge.  That said, it should 
be somewhat easy to simply replace the tarball in the package build 
process and have a very few number of tweaks from there.  But for the 
good of all this really ought to be done in the distribution 
repositories, and that's going to require someone loyal to Debian to 
step-forward and take care of it.

Thanks,

Lee.



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