Dominic Hargreaves <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:05:53AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I also did a search on packages.debian.org, and as near as I can >> determine there are no packages in Debian sid that install files under >> /etc/perl other than perl-modules (for libnet.cfg), which as mentioned >> doesn't use this capability. That doesn't catch packages that create >> files via maintainer scripts, of course, which I assume is where the >> XML::SAX file comes from, but it makes me doubt that this capability is >> needed. > There are a couple of other things which use /etc/perl, from only a > brief look at the perl debian/changelog (/etc/perl/CPAN and > /etc/perl/CPANPLUS). Those files are created by a local administrator > (using the tools shipped). Ah, thank you. That was the pointer I needed. I think I understand what to say now. Is it correct to say that packages should not ship modules in /etc/perl, or is that too strong? -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
