Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Brian White wrote:
> > > In fact, as part of the Deity project, I'd like to do something a little
> > > more elaborate. I'd like to be able to remove or change any arbitrary
> > > path. (This was originally Behan's idea, actually.)
> >
> > Ok, then I'd suggest I change the proposed section in our Policy to state
> > that currently, directories in /usr/local have to be created in postinst
> > (that's the only possibility _now_) but this will change in the near
> > future when this feature is added to dpkg/deity.
>
> Well, since it's too late for this to have any effect on Bo and this
> should be easily done before Hamm gets released, I don't see how this
> will accomplish anything as far as the "public" user base is concerned.
It's just a matter of documentation. Creating the empty directories in the
postinst scripts is what our packages are currently doing since this has
been proposed on debian-devel. Thus, I want to document this "implicit"
policy.
With the note I added about the new feature maintainers should realize
that our current solution is just a workaround. If dpkg/deity has this
feature implemented, I'll change the policy to the new scheme.
Thanks,
Chris
-- Christian Schwarz
schwarz@monet.m.isar.de, schwarz@schwarz-online.com,
Debian is looking schwarz@debian.org, schwarz@mathematik.tu-muenchen.de
for a logo! Have a
look at our drafts PGP-fp: 8F 61 EB 6D CF 23 CA D7 34 05 14 5C C8 DC 22 BA
at http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org .
Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .
Reply to: