On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:39:22AM +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. I mean do we check this in e.g. lintian. I also wonder if finding an arch-indep file in /usr/lib should result in an RC bug. -- WBR, wRAR
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