On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 14:29 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > The man pages don't mention these config files in /usr, i.e. you get > weird effects due to some undocumented config files.
What do you mean by “weird effect”? > > Its unexpected (esp. since /etc/lightdm/ can be found in the usual > directory) and it doesn't follow the policy. The policy is very strict > in this case: What is unexpected? In any case, you can just override anything you want with your own configuration in /etc, and it'll preserved. > > > Any configuration files created or used by your package must reside in > /etc. If there are several, consider creating a subdirectory of /etc > named after your package. Configuration file here means something you can modify and hope to keep accross package upgrade. It's common for packages to have default configuration (distribution-default) in /usr, overridable by the local admin with file in /etc. See the whole Xfce stack, systemd, whatever. > > If your package creates or uses configuration files outside of /etc, > and it is not feasible to modify the package to use /etc directly, put > the files in /etc and create symbolic links to those files from the > location that the package requires. > > Is this unreasonable or invalid in this case? Your reading is invalid. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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