Re: Bug#167422: files in /usr/share should be world-readable
>>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
Branden> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 06:13:50PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
>>
Branden> Well, according to the FHS, you shouldn't be putting variabel data in
Branden> /usr at all:
>>
>> It is not variable data. It is static data; that does not
>> change after installation. /usr/ is allowed to change when you
>> install a new package.
Branden> It still seems wrong to have log files in /usr.
If these were ordinary log files of a running program
generating data, I may agree.
But since we are down to gut feelings, a bunch of files are
generated by postinst, and they all reside in the same place. Some of
these files are read by emacs; some times there is a README read by
the inquisitive users, and then there is a record of what transpired
while gemerating these files.
It strikes my gut as sane that these files, all generated by
the postinst, live in the same location.
Branden> Are the files ever accessed by anything other than the user?
Branden> I.e., do the install logs contain information that is useful
Branden> to Emacs itself?
They are not even accessed by the user directly, and certainly
not by emacs.
manoj
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