Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:49:54AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Chris Cheney <ccheney@cheney.cx> [2004.10.29.0823 +0200]:
> > dpkg should not put files in /usr when it extracts programs either if
> > /usr MUST NOT BE WRITTEN TO... ;)
                                   ^^
> Come on! The FHS regulates what normal software can/should do,
> partially so that package managers can work reliably. dpkg is the
> package manager, thus it is exempt from the FHS.

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