Bug#239498: marked as done (debian-policy: absolute/relative paths for files included/referenced in configuration files)
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From: Josep Lladonosa i Capell <jep@veinat.net>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: debian-policy: absolute/relative paths for files included/referenced in
configuration files
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.6.1
Severity: wishlist
It is explained inside the Debian Policy Manual that symlinks for files
should (or must?) be relative and not absolute. I haven't found anything
similar for configuration files and another files inclusion (or references)
There are some configuration files that include/reference to some other files
(the apache2 package, for example). A person used to write/read/modify
configuration files in debian writes relative paths in a 'natural manner',
as found in many packages.
Perhaps you could add something about this question in the policies.
My proposal is to use relative paths for files referenced/included in the
main configuration file that exist in the same directory or subdirectories under
it. If /etc/x is the directory for configuration files of the application,
and main configuration file is inside it, references to files inside /etc/x
shoud be relative to it.
Immagine the situation that package /etc/x upgrades to /etc/x2. Those
references/inclusions wouldn't need to change. I guess that this was the
reason to suggest/order symlinks to be relative and not absolute as a debian
policy. So it should be the same for references/inclusions in configuration
files...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux verd 2.4.23-fs #3 dl des 15 01:55:35 CET 2003 i686
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Versions of packages debian-policy depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.0.91-2 The GNU core utilities
ii fileutils 4.1-10 GNU file management utilities
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Subject: Re: Bug#239498: debian-policy: absolute/relative paths for files included/referenced in configuration files
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From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:04:54 +0100, Josep Lladonosa i Capell <jep@veinat.net> said:
> Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.6.1 Severity: wishlist
> It is explained inside the Debian Policy Manual that symlinks for
> files should (or must?) be relative and not absolute. I haven't
> found anything similar for configuration files and another files
> inclusion (or references)
Policy is not meant to be exhaustive. If there is no mention
for configuration files etc, then the dispositi0on of those is left
to the maintainer. Can you explain why there needs be a policy
mandate for this? Why can't developers decide on their own?
manoj
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I either want less decadence or more chance to participate in it.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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