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Package: debhelper
Version: 13.20
Severity: wishlistDear maintainers,
I have been using the Meson module for debhelper and noticed something that to
me seems like a non-ideal default build system parameter. Namely this line in
meson.pm. push @opts, "--localstatedir=/var";
https://sources.debian.org/src/debhelper/13.20/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/meson.pm/
Arguably, --localstatedir=/var/lib is a better default, as per the FHS
definition for variable state information.
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#varlibVariableStateInformation
It can be confirmed in a current unstable or Bookworm system that practically
all programs put their local state files into /var/lib rather than /var …
Would you consider changing the default in the debhelper script?
Sincerely,
Daniel Markstedt
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Daniel Markstedt:
Package: debhelper
Version: 13.20
Severity: wishlistDear maintainers,
I have been using the Meson module for debhelper and noticed something that to me seems
like a non-ideal default build system parameter. Namely this line in meson.pm. push
@opts, "--localstatedir=/var";
https://sources.debian.org/src/debhelper/13.20/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Buildsystem/meson.pm/
Arguably, --localstatedir=/var/lib is a better default, as per the FHS
definition for variable state information.
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#varlibVariableStateInformation
It can be confirmed in a current unstable or Bookworm system that practically
all programs put their local state files into /var/lib rather than /var …
Would you consider changing the default in the debhelper script?
Sincerely,
Daniel Markstedt
Hi Daniel
Thanks for the suggestion.
The --localstatedir follows the conventions of
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html
meaning that the value represents the root of the locale state (`/var`)
rather than the subdir (`/var/lib`), which you linked to.
Accordingly, we will not be performing this change.
Best regards,
Niels
PS: Some of these naming conventions are confusing and you would not be
the first to be surprised by them (cross-build terminology is another
very confusing rabbit hole).
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