Lua on fink (OS X), cont'd...

[askok@...]

I have done a rework on Lua 5.1 'fink' 
(http://fink.sourceforge.net) packaging, which I mentioned 
earlier on the list.

It now follows the current Fink packaging policies as 
close as I could :) but the split also feels more natural. 
Here's how it goes:

Four packages, namely:
    lua             - just the symbolic links from 'lua' 
to 'lua51', 'luac' to 'luac51' and same for man pages
    lua-dev       - development headers, static library, 
and the version-numberless dylib link
    lua51-bin    - 'lua51' interpreter, 'luac51' byte 
compiler (and man pages :)
    lua51-shlibs - shared libraries (version numbered)

The key is, that 'lua' and 'lua-dev' can only be of a 
certain version at a time (obviously, user typing 'lua' 
will lead to one place only..)

The 'lua51-bin' and 'lua51-shlibs', however, can safely 
co-habit with any number of other Lua engines. This allows 
i.e. an application script package (pure Lua) to depend on 
'lua51-bin' without troubling any other packages on the 
system.

Would like OS X people to have a look (thanks!) :) and 
other packagers (apt-get, LuaBinaries, ...) to comment on 
this split.  Could it be a generic 'good practise' 
regardless of platform?

-asko


a84-231-228-244:~/Slug/public/lua-fink nomovok$ ls -al 
/sw/bin/lua*
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      13 May  9 17:07 
/sw/bin/lua -> /sw/bin/lua51
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin  162604 May  9 17:05 
/sw/bin/lua51
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      14 May  9 17:07 
/sw/bin/luac -> /sw/bin/luac51
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin  110128 May  9 17:05 
/sw/bin/luac51