Re: [bam@snoopy.apana.org.au: Re: Settle for /usr symlink (!)]
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 08:46:52AM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >> This means that any Debian package which can't cope with having
> >> /usr a symlink to / breaks policy and needs to be corrected, so
> >> I guess I have already answered one of my previous questions
> >> to Marcus.
> >
> >Mmmmh. Reading a standard, I can't find this. Why does it "breaks policy"?
> >The standard says nothing about /bin and /usr/bin carrying the same file,
> >(or the same for /lib). This seems to be unspecified.
>
> >From memory, the Debian policy requires programs to adhere to the
> FSSTND - hence if a program won't work with FSSTND, it also breaks
> Debian policy. Please correct me if I am wrong though.
Yes, this I know. However, does the standard really require it that /usr
can be a symlink to / ? This is what I meant with my question. I think the
standard does not say anything about this, from what I read. It does nowhere
say, for example, "you must not have /bin/foo and /usr/bin/foo being
something different". It does also not say the opposite.
Mmmh.
Marcus
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