Re: PDBx dictionary in Debian [Was: Re: Bug#974973: ITP: libcifpp -- A library for creating and manipulating mmCIF and PDB files containing macro molecular structure information]
"Maarten L. Hekkelman" <maarten@hekkelman.com> writes:
> I've read the specs for /var/ in the Debian Policy. That's why I came
> up with /var/cache, it seems to match my requirements exactly.
Sure, but nothing (besides dpkg) is supposed to modify files packages
ship. (Configuration files under /etc are a special case.) Best
practice would probably be to ship an empty directory under /var/cache,
ship the stock dictionary in /usr/lib/libcifpp or /usr/share/libcifpp as
appropriate (depending on whether it varies by architecture), and have
your postinst script copy the stock dictionary into the /var/cache
directory as needed.
Also, please ensure that your cron job requires explicit opt-in.
Thanks!
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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