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