On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:49:29AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > > > On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is > >> not allowed. > > > > As this is a udeb I think this can be ignored. > > I don't think so. A udeb can usually ignore bits about policy > that talk about packaging details. However, when it comes to stuff on > the disk that is going to outlast the installation, this is another > matter altogether: Nothing in Debian should be in violation of the FHS, > whether it is a regular package, or t is a part of the install. > > So not violating the FHS should still be a goal for udebs. > No part of a udeb ever ends up on the disk. Udebs only "life" in the installer intrds and in the ramdisk set up by the initrd. I don't think the FHS should apply to the ramdisk environment of the installer. Gaudenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~
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