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Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories



Hi,

	*Blush*. You are right, my fingers were way ahead of my brain
 here. I see no objection to adding to the policy manual.

	manoj, embarrassed

>>"Guy" == Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu> writes:

Guy> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:

>> Yikes!. This contradicts the next paragraph

Guy> Why?  I'm not removing /usr/local/lib.  4.8 lists bin, doc, etc,
Guy> games, lib, info, man, sbin, and src.

>> wouldn't upgrading complain if I had installed local stuff (error:
>> directory not empty)?

Guy> Yes, but the postinst would still succeeed as I have `||
Guy> true'. Sending errors to /dev/null is fine though.

>> Or variants thereof, to ignore errors, and change the paragraph
>> below, to allow removing empty directories.

Guy> No, I think all the directories in 4.8 should always exist as an
Guy> aid to local administration.  Furthermore, I think
Guy> /usr/local/man/man[1-9] should also exist.

-- 
Manoj Srivastava               <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
Mobile, Alabama USA            <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>


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