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Re: /usr/local again...



I'm sure I'm missing something here, but...

Why would any package care anything about /usr/local?  As per the Linux 
FSSTND, packages are supposed to totally keep out of there.

> Have we come up with any solution for the /usr/local problems yet?  I
> again find myself upgrading my debian machines, and all my debian
> machines crap out with dpkg errors if packages try to touch /usr/local
> (which on my system is an nfs mount).
> 
> The current policy amounts to "don't assume anything about
> /usr/local, but go ahead and try and add/remove stuff from it
> anyways". 
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John Goerzen          | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org)
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