Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.6.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
I am not able to coherently interpret the following text:
Any configuration files created or used by your package must
reside in /etc. If there are several you should consider creating
a subdirectory of /etc named
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, era eriksson wrote:
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Any configuration files created or used by your package
must reside in tt/etc/tt. If there are several you
! should create a subdirectory of tt/etc/tt
named after your package./p
I
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:24:18AM +0200, era eriksson wrote:
So if a package maintainer fails to create symbolic links from
/usr/lib to /etc, is it a should or a must violation?
That's not a policy violation at all. OTOH, if the program breaks because of
it, normal bug severity rules apply.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:40:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
Frankly, it should be enough to simply mandate /etc for all configuration
files, I don't know why we keep this exception for other directories.
Technically, it's enough to mandate /etc, but suggesting the use of
symlinks from /usr
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:40:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:24:18AM +0200, era eriksson wrote:
So if a package maintainer fails to create symbolic links from
/usr/lib to /etc, is it a should or a must violation?
That's not a policy violation at all. OTOH, if the
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:39:57PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:40:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
Frankly, it should be enough to simply mandate /etc for all configuration
files, I don't know why we keep this exception for other directories.
Technically, it's
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