Re: Bug#98291: being truthful about the FHS and us

[Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org>]

Picking this back up where I left it after a brief hiatus...

With the BTS currently down, I can't really do a lot to move this
proposal forward, but I thought I'd at least post the final version
that aj and I hammered out.  This meets our goals of being simple,
direct, and addressing the actual problem.  As aj pointed out, there's
not much point in mentioning FHS compatibility, since it should come
naturally in any case.  So, here's the patch I'll actually be
proposing once things are working again:

Once again, this really is a simple bug fix, so unless there are more
quibbles with the wording, I really hope to get a few seconds, have a
(brief) discussion period, and get this accepted and installed.  Since
it is a bug fix, I think it's important to get it in before we freeze.


--- debian-policy.sgml~	Mon May 21 10:45:51 2001
+++ debian-policy.sgml	Thu Jun  7 11:59:58 2001
@@ -3983,8 +3983,9 @@
 
 	  <p>
 	    The location of all installed files and directories must
-	    comply  with the Linux File system Hierarchy Standard
-	    (FHS).  The latest version of this document can be found
+	    comply  with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS),
+	    except where doing so would violate other terms of Debian
+	    Policy. The latest version of this document can be found
 	    alongside this manual or on
 	    <url id="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/";>.
 	    Specific questions about following the standard may be


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