Re: /usr/local again
On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 11:35:24AM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote:
> it goes on to say that the installation system may create directory stubs
> bin, games, include, lib, sbin, share, and src.
>
> the fhs never says it's ok to delete anything under /usr/local. the
> directory stubs are there as guidance for the local adminstrator. these
> should be created by the install system and never touched again by any
> package.
That would be inconsistent. If you install a package and later decide that
you don't need it removing the package should get rid of any directories
it created in /usr/local IF they are empty.
Thanks
Torsten
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Torsten Landschoff Bluehorn@IRC <torsten@debian.org>
Debian Developer and Quality Assurance Committee Member
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