bug#44922: Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

[Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>]

On 12-Sep-99, 11:01 (CDT), "Juergen A. Erhard" <jae@ilk.de> wrote: 
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.0.1.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Add to section 3.1.2:
> 
>   /usr/local is local admin territory.  Whatever the local admin
>   does in or below /usr/local, must not affect the operation of even
>   parts of a package.
> 
>   Thus, no package may depend on the existence of anything
>   below /usr/local, even if it created the directory itself.  It
>   may not even depend on the existence of /usr/local.

Instead of the above two paragraphs, how about:

    Because '/usr/local' and its contents are for exclusive use of
    the local administrator, a package must not rely on the presence
    or absence of files or directories in '/usr/local' for normal
    operation, although the presence or absence may modify or enhance
    the behavior of the package.

Steve

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