On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 09:49:35PM -0500, Larry 'Daffy' Daffner wrote: > The following passage was pointed out to me in the policy manual: > > Packages using the X Window System should abide by the FHS standard > whenever possible; they should install binaries, libraries, manual > pages, and other files in FHS-mandated locations wherever possible. > This means that files must not be installed into /usr/X11R6/bin/, > /usr/X11R6/lib/, or /usr/X11R6/man/ unless this is necessary for the > package to operate properly. > > This would appear to imply that the FHS practically demands that > packages not use /usr/X11R6. However, the copy of FHS 2.1 (also > included in the debian-policy package) states nothing of the sort. The > only mention it gives is that /usr/X11R6 is for the X Windowing system > and related files (which a very X-specific screensaver certainly could > be considered a "related file") > > So, is this a vestige of an older FHS, a Debian desire misrepresenting > itself as an FHS requirement, or just a reading of the FHS that > imports a requirement which isn't there? Please see <bugs.debian.org/91260> before complaining further. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | The noble soul has reverence for itself. branden@debian.org | -- Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |
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