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>]

Op 17-11-2020 om 22:49 schreef Aaron M. Ucko:
> > 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.
OK, I'll do that.
> Also, please ensure that your cron job requires explicit opt-in.
Good point. But that means adding a /etc/defaults/libcifpp file 
containing a flag whether the update script is allowed to run and some 
script to enable dpkg-reconfigure?

regards, -maarten