Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/<arch> and /usr/share
Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@wrar.name> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:54:44AM +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]
> Do we enforce this?
"9.1.1 File System Structure
The location of all files and directories must comply with the
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the exceptions
noted below, and except where doing so would violate other terms of
Debian Policy. [...]" [2]
I would interpret this as: Yes, we do.
Best
Ole
[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#FTN.AEN1389
[2] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html
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