On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 11:47:10AM +0200, Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> more and more packages use hidden files in /usr. I see this as an error.
> But before making a bug report for such packages I wish to ask if this
> is intended or really a bug? Some of the files are in the package some
> are created in postinst and not registered to any package. I see ANY
> hidden file in /usr as a bug which should be fixed!
>
> Packages are:
> - firefox
> - libnss3-0d or libxul0d (/usr/lib/xulrunner/.autoreg)
I can speak for these two. This is not a bug but an intended feature. It
helps component registration on upgrade. The file could be renamed, but
that means modifying mozilla's code. Not that we don't already modify