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Re: lintian error "file-in-unusual-dir usr/etc/settings/" with Qt3-Application



On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 06:42:03PM +0200, Dominik Stadler wrote:
> I started working on a debian-package. The application uses the Qt-Library as 
> basis (no KDE). During startup, the application looks in a directory 
> "/usr/etc/settings/" for system-wide settings for the application. This is 
> not coded inside the application, but a feature of the Qt-Library.
> 
Why Qt should look in /usr/etc? Configure your program with
--sysconfdir=/etc flag and everything should be OK.

Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-toc.html for
more info.

Cheers.

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