Package: debian-policy Version: 3.2.1.2 Severity: wishlist The forbids all non-imake using programs from sticking their files in /usr/X11R6.
Imake is excepted because programs using it (if they are coded correctly,
at least) rely wholly on the X library development files to figure out the
paths they should install their files into. Therefore, in the event any
transition to another directory is necessary, they may do so with a simple
recompile against the version of xlibs-dev that makes the appropriate
change(s).
Programs using the GNU autotools are easily configured to install files
into different paths.
--- policy.sgml.orig Sun Jan 21 14:48:38 2001
+++ policy.sgml Sun Jan 21 15:50:53 2001
@@ -6129,38 +6129,40 @@
<p>
<em>Packages using the X Window System should abide by the FHS
- standard whenever possible</em>; they should install binaries,
- libraries, manual pages, and other files in FHS-mandated
- locations wherever possible. This means that files must
- not be installed into <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>,
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/</tt>, or <tt>/usr/X11R6/man/</tt> unless
- this is necessary for the package to operate properly.
- Configuration files for window managers and display managers
- should be placed in a subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt>
- corresponding to the package name due to these programs'
- tight integration with the mechanisms of the X Window
- System. Application-level programs should use the
- <tt>/etc/</tt> directory unless otherwise mandated by
- policy. The installation of files into subdirectories of
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</tt> and
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</tt> is permitted but discouraged;
- package maintainers should determine if subdirectories of
- <tt>/usr/lib/</tt> and <tt>/usr/share/</tt> can be used
- instead (symlinks from the X11R6 directories to
- FHS-compliant locations is encouraged if the program is not
- easily configured to look elsewhere for its files).
- Packages must not provide -- or install files into -- the
- directories <tt>/usr/bin/X11/</tt>,
- <tt>/usr/include/X11/</tt>, or <tt>/usr/lib/X11/</tt>.
- Files within a package should, however, make reference to
- these directories, rather than their X11R6-named
+ standard whenever possible</em>; they should install binaries,
+ libraries, manual pages, and other files in FHS-mandated locations
+ wherever possible. This means that files must not be installed into
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>, <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/</tt>, or
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/man/</tt> unless they use the <tt>imake</tt> program to
+ configure themselves before compilation. Configuration files for
+ window managers and display managers should be placed in a
+ subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt> corresponding to the package name
+ due to these programs' tight integration with the mechanisms of the X
+ Window System. Application-level programs should use the
+ <tt>/etc/</tt> directory unless otherwise mandated by policy. The
+ installation of files into subdirectories of
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</tt> and <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</tt> is
+ discouraged; package maintainers should determine if subdirectories of
+ <tt>/usr/lib/</tt> and <tt>/usr/share/</tt> can be used instead
+ (symlinks from the X11R6 directories to FHS-compliant locations is
+ encouraged if the program is not easily configured to look elsewhere
+ for its files). Packages must not provide -- or install files into --
+ the directories <tt>/usr/bin/X11/</tt>, <tt>/usr/include/X11/</tt>, or
+ <tt>/usr/lib/X11/</tt>. Files within a package should, however, make
+ reference to these directories, rather than their X11R6-named
counterparts <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>,
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</tt>, and
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</tt>, if the resources being
- referred to have not been moved to FHS-compliant locations.
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</tt>, and <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</tt>, if
+ the resources being referred to have not been moved to FHS-compliant
+ locations.
+ <footnote>
+ The rationale for this policy is to provide Debian with an easy
+ transition strategy should we, or the FHS, elect to phase out the
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory, or if it is superseded by, e.g.,
+ <tt>/usr/X11R7/</tt>.
+ </footnote>
</p>
- <p>
+ <p>
<em>Programs that require the non-DFSG-compliant OSF/Motif
library</em> should be compiled against and tested with
LessTif (a free re-implementation of Motif) instead. If the
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