Bug#864841: Processed: Re: Bug#864841: Mixed paths
Hello,
if I remember correctly, it was me who recommended /var/ax25.
In this directory, we have data like mheard/mheard.dat, ax25rtd's data, node/ or pms/ -- but also axcall stores downloads in this directory.
=> It's a mix of data you may search in /var/lib, /var/cache or /var/spool ; /var/ax25 is more intuitive.
Unfortunately, there's (afaik) no standard definition for looking in /usr/include for the path in the system at compile time.
And I think our project is too small (and our needs are too insignificant) for getting that variable to /usr/include/paths.h
Any ideas?
vy 73,
- Thomas dl9sau
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:24:57 +0100 Dave Hibberd <d@vehibberd.com> wrote:
> Morning all!
>
> Brian, thanks for raising this to our attention - that's helpful.
>
> The reason that URONode doesn't line up with ax25-tools in this case is
> that I was clearing the Lintian error "non-standard-dir-in-var", which
> as you can see here [1] ax25-tools still carries. It has been raised as
> a bug in the past here [2] and a few other times.
>
> The elegant solution to this I would say is for the FHS to recognise
> /var/ax25 as valid in the next major release, and this bug exists here
> [3] - I discussed this before the last release of FHS but they deemed it
> not important enough to include.
> We can always try again!
>
> The inelegant solution in the time being is to change the uronode debian
> package to target /var/ax25 - this will generate errors on our system,
> but it'll ensure compatability. As we've hit stable and this isn't
> security vital, it probably won't go into the main distribution, but I
> plan to create a backport version from testing with other feedback from
> the uronode mailing list anyway, so it can be lined up there.
>
> As an aside, ax25-apps is at least listed as being in the
> distribution[4], so there must have been lag in the repos.
>
> Regards,
>
> DH
>
> --
>
> [1]
> https://lintian.debian.org/maintainer/pouelle@debian.org.html#ax25-tools_0.0.10-rc4-1
> [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-hams/2007/12/msg00024.html
> [3] https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021
> [4] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ax25-apps
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, at 08:48 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > Processing control commands:
> >
> > > reassign -1 ax25-tools 0.0.10-rc4-1
> > Bug #864841 [ax25-tools] Mixed paths
> > Ignoring request to reassign bug #864841 to the same package
> > Bug #864841 [ax25-tools] Mixed paths
> > Marked as found in versions ax25-tools/0.0.10-rc4-1.
> >
> > --
> > 864841: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864841
> > Debian Bug Tracking System
> > Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
> >
>
>
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