Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/<arch> and /usr/share

[debian-devel@liska.ath.cx (Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr)]

Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@wrar.name> writes:
> On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 02:02:48PM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote:
>> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs
>> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However,
>> the FHS requires that this should be split between /usr/share/ and
>> /usr/lib/<arch>/. 
> Nothing forbids you from putting arch-indep files into /usr/lib.

FHS does: "Miscellaneous architecture-independent application-specific
static files and subdirectories must be placed in /usr/share." [1]

Best

Ole

[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#FTN.AEN1389