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

["Juergen A. Erhard" <jae@ilk.de>]

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>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org> writes:

    Steve> 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.

    Steve> Instead of the above two paragraphs, how about:

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

This one's much better, thanks Steve.  Though I'd rather have it read
like

   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 files present in there may modify or enhance
   the behavior of the package.

I removed the "absence of"... the absence of directories in /usr/local
(even those that a package installed) must *not* have any bearing on
the function or behavior of that package.

Bye, J

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