On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 04:09:57PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > I think the only specific restriction needed is already spelled out -
> > that packages can only install to the triplet matching their own
> > architecture. Are there other restrictions that you think are called
> > for?
> The current restriction is specific to libraries. Don't we need to say
> that you can't put *any* files into any triplet directory that isn't for
> your package architecture?
Yes, good point. Patch amended. (Just a one-word change,
s/libraries/files/.)
---
policy.sgml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 0bf8253..100917d 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -5584,6 +5584,35 @@ libbar 1 bar1 (>= 1.0-1)
</item>
<item>
<p>
+ The requirement for libraries, including
+ <file>libc.so.*</file>, to be located directly under
+ <file>/lib{,32}</file> and <file>/usr/lib{,32}</file> is
+ amended, permitting libraries to instead be installed to
+ <file>/lib/<var>triplet</var></file> and
+ <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>, where
+ <tt><var>triplet</var></tt> is the value returned by
+ <tt>dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE</tt> for the
+ architecture of the package. Packages may <em>not</em>
+ install files to any <var>triplet</var> path other
+ than the one matching the architecture of that package;
+ for instance, an <tt>Architecture: amd64</tt> package
+ containing 32-bit x86 libraries may not install these
+ libraries to <file>/usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu</file>.
+ <footnote>
+ This is necessary in order to reserve the directories for
+ use in cross-installation of library packages from other
+ architectures, as part of the planned deployment of
+ <tt>multiarch</tt>.
+ </footnote>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The execution time linker/loader, ld*, must still be made
+ available in the existing location under /lib or /lib64
+ since this is part of the ELF ABI for the architecture.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
The requirement that
<file>/usr/local/share/man</file> be "synonymous"
with <file>/usr/local/man</file> is relaxed to a
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