On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 01:32:21PM +0100, Ove Kaaven wrote: > > > It does not violate 13.3 because at the time the package is newly > > > installed, > > > /usr/share/doc/ppp/examples/* exists. > > > > ...so the system administrator won't get a chance to delete them and won't > > cause the program (the script) to break. That's the rationale behind that > > policy section, it seems. > > Plausible argument, but I seem to recall discussions of scenarios where > the sysadmin wants /usr/share/doc so un-badly that it will never exist and > will never be installed, e.g. by using some kind of dpkg feature to avoid > installation of these directories. Can't hurt to be prepared for that kind > of thing? Maybe policy should be clarified here whether maintainer scripts > need apply or not...
It seems to me that it would be overzealous to worry about that now... creating a special /usr/share/ppp directory (or whatever) just for this purpose, and linking the files in doc/ppp/examples to these. We can do it when (or if) dpkg starts supports exclusion of directories on installation. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
