Re: /usr/local again

[Torsten Landschoff <t.landschoff@gmx.net>]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 11:35:24AM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote:
 
> it goes on to say that the installation system may create directory stubs
> bin, games, include, lib, sbin, share, and src. 
> 
> the fhs never says it's ok to delete anything under /usr/local. the
> directory stubs are there as guidance for the local adminstrator. these
> should be created by the install system and never touched again by any
> package.

That would be inconsistent. If you install a package and later decide that
you don't need it removing the package should get rid of any directories
it created in /usr/local IF they are empty.

Thanks

    Torsten

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Torsten Landschoff           Bluehorn@IRC               <torsten@debian.org>
           Debian Developer and Quality Assurance Committee Member