Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: wishlist * /usr/X11R6 is part of the FHS, so it is wrong for Debian Policy to imply that it isn't; this fixes that * this still tells packages to get out of /usr/X11R6 if they can * this makes an exemption for imake-using packages explicit, and explains why in a footnote
--- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001
+++ policy.sgml.x-and-fhs Sun Mar 25 03:34:00 2001
@@ -6172,36 +6172,45 @@
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- <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.
+ <em>Packages using the X Window System should not be configured
+ to install files under the <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory unless
+ they use <tt>imake</tt>.</em> The <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory
+ hierarchy should be regarded as deprecated for all packages
+ except the X Window System itself, and those which use the
+ <tt>imake</tt> program it provides.
+ <footnote>
+ Imake-using programs are exempt because -- if they are
+ written correctly -- the pathnames they use to locate
+ resources and install themselves are derived wholly from
+ the X Window System configuration. Thus, in the event that
+ the X Window System moves to <tt>/usr/X11R7/</tt>,
+ <tt>/usr/X12/</tt>, or just plain <tt>/usr/</tt>, all that
+ is required for these programs is a recompile against the
+ corresponding X Window System library development packages.
+ </footnote>
+ Programs that use GNU autoconf and automake are usually easily
+ configured at compile time to use <tt>/usr/</tt> instead of
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt>, and this should be done whenever possible.
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;
+ 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
- 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/lib/</tt> and <tt>/usr/share/</tt> can be used instead
+ (symlinks from the X11R6 directories to other 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 other FHS-compliant locations.
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