Re: Q: Location of copyrighted ROM images for emulator packages?
On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 06:36:20PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If the ROMs are adta, and not conf files, then how do we solve
> the issue of never overwriting a user provided rom? If you create a
> zero length file in /var/lib/Blah, and I overwrite it, and then I
> upgrade or re-install, are my chages gone? If so, it is a bug in the
> package.
As I see it, policy does not state that conf files have to reside in /etc.
And not all files in /etc are conf files. There is in fact only a semi
strong correlation between /etc and conf files.
Am I missing something? What is wrong about:
1) Zero conf files in /usr/lib/<package>
2) An option to fetch and install the roms via ftp in the postinst
and a warning that one should keep the files if dpkg asks to replace them
in future upgrades.
If a sysadmin does not like this, he can install the roms under /usr/local
and use command line arguments. If it is okay for him, everything is kept
under distribution area.
What I don't like is this "half-legal" (missing better word, sorry) play
with /usr/local...
Just my 2 euros,
Marcus
> >>"Arto" == Arto Astala <astala@tnso13.tele.nokia.fi> writes:
>
> Arto> These are just (possibly) machine local config files that are
> Arto> not in /etc since they do not belong into /etc.
>
> This is wrong, since config files have to be in /etc.
>
> Arto> Configuration files need not be in /etc, all that the quote said
> Arto> was that files in /etc are config files.
>
> This is wrong. Please read the policy manual.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 3.3.7. Configuration files
> --------------------------
>
> Any configuration files created or used by your package should reside
> in `/etc'. If there are several you should consider creating a
> subdirectory named after your package.
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