[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.14-24-g5dcfcca
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 5dcfcca54d59aa9f84045082d62221026884b0ac
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sat Sep 12 20:54:11 2009 -0700
Expand the tag description of global-data-in-games-directory
diff --git a/checks/files.desc b/checks/files.desc
index f6dbcd7..586b39e 100644
--- a/checks/files.desc
+++ b/checks/files.desc
@@ -1049,5 +1049,17 @@ Info: This package installs a file in <tt>/etc/ld.so.conf.d</tt>,
Tag: global-data-in-games-directory
Severity: important
Certainty: certain
-Info: This package contains files in directories that belong to direct
+Info: This package contains files under <tt>/usr/share/games</tt>, such as
+ desktop files, icons, pixmaps, or MIME type entries, that are global
+ system data. The user's desktop environment will only check in the
+ directories directly under <tt>/usr/share</tt> and this information
+ should be put in the global directory even if it is for games.
+ .
+ The most common cause of this problem is using a
+ <tt>--datadir=/usr/share/games</tt> argument to configure or an
+ equivalent and using the upstream installation rules. These files need
+ to be moved into the corresponding directories directly under
+ <tt>/usr/share</tt>.
+
+ in directories that belong to direct
subdirectories of <tt>/usr/share</tt> instead of <tt>/usr/share/games</tt>.
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