Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: normal Tags: patch Proposed additional bullet point to 9.1.1 regarding Debian exceptions to FHS:
* The FHS language of "essential" vs. "non-essential" binaries and libraries is local system dependent, and cannot be well defined at the distribution level in a way which would be correct for all Debian installation configurations. Disagreements about whether a file belongs in root (/bin, /sbin, /lib) versus /usr will be resolved by consensus. Ultimately it is the responsibility of the maintainer of each Debian installation to ensure that the libraries and binaries that are essential for their system are available from the root partition. P.S. Should a library or binary file qualify for FHS "essential" placement only if its Debian package is marked "Essential"? -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: pn doc-base <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
