Bug#53762: marked as done ([ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages that use X)
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:52:33 -0500
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Subject: [PROPOSED] applying the FHS to packages that use X
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This attempts to fit the X Window System as well as we can without
discarding the /usr/X11R6 hierarchy.
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--- policy.sgml.orig Wed Dec 29 17:01:51 1999
+++ policy.sgml Wed Dec 29 17:47:02 1999
@@ -3157,23 +3157,34 @@
<tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> <em>file</em>.</p>
<p>
- No package should ever install files into the directories
- <tt>/usr/bin/X11/</tt>, <tt>/usr/share/doc/X11/</tt>,
- <tt>/usr/include/X11/</tt>, or <tt>/usr/lib/X11/</tt>; these
- directories are actually symbolic links, which <tt>dpkg</tt>
- does not follow when unpacking a package. Instead, use
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>, <tt>/usr/share/doc/package/</tt>
- (i.e., place files with the rest of your package's
- documentation), <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/</tt>, and
- <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/</tt>. This restriction governs only the
- paths used by the package as it is unpacked onto the system;
- it is permissible, and even preferable, for files within a
- package (shell scripts, for instance) to refer to the
- <tt>/usr/{bin,include,lib}/X11/</tt> directories rather than
- their <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> counterparts -- this way they do
- not have to be modified in the event that the X Window
- System packages install their files into a different
- directory in the future.</p>
+ <em>Packages using the X Window System should abide by the FHS
+ standard whenever possible</em>; they should install binaries,
+ libraries, manual pages, and other files in FHS-mandated
+ locations wherever possible; this means that files should not be
+ installed into <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>,
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/</tt>, <tt>/usr/X11R6/man/</tt> unless this is
+ necessary for the package to operate properly. Configuration
+ files for window managers and display managers should be placed
+ in a subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt> corresponding to the
+ package name due to these programs' tight integration with the
+ mechanisms of the X Window System. Application-level programs
+ should use the <tt>/etc/</tt> directory unless otherwise mandated
+ by policy. The installation of files into subdirectories
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</tt> and <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</tt>
+ is permitted but discouraged; package maintainers should
+ determine if subdirectories of <tt>/usr/lib/</tt> and
+ <tt>/usr/share/</tt> can be used instead (symlinks from the X11R6
+ directories to FHS-compliant locations is encouraged if the
+ program is not easily configured to look elsewhere for its
+ files). Packages must not provide the directories, or install
+ files into the directories <tt>/usr/bin/X11/</tt>,
+ <tt>/usr/include/X11/</tt>, or <tt>/usr/lib/X11/</tt>. Files
+ within a package should, however, make reference to these
+ directories, rather than their X11R6-named counterparts
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>, <tt>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</tt>, and
+ <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</tt>, if the resources being referred to
+ have not been moved to FHS-compliant locations.
+ </p>
<p>
If you package a program that requires the (non-free)
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From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
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Subject: Closed in debian-policy 3.2.0.0
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These bugs have been closed in policy version 3.2.0.0.
Thanks Manoj!
Julian
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