Bug#5002: base installs in /usr/local

[Chris Walker <cjw1006@hermes.cam.ac.uk>]

Dominik Kubla wrote:
> 
> Package: base
> Version: 1.1.0-14
> 
> The package includes directories to be placed in /usr/local. This breaks
> setups where /usr/local is a read-only and/or shared volume.
> 

I havn't looked at the package, so may be missing the point, but from
the policy manual:

> 3.2.9 /usr/local - for the use of the system administrator
> 
 [snip]
> 
> In order that the system administrator may know where to place additional
> files a package should create an empty directory in the appropriate place
> in /usr/local by supplying it in the filesystem archive for unpacking by
> dpkg. 
> 
 [snip]
> 
> In the future it will be possible to tell dpkg not to unpack files
> matching certain patterns, so that system administrators who do not wish
> these directories in /usr/local do not need to have them. 


Hope this helps.

Chris

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