Bug#587991: perl-policy: /etc/perl missing from Module Path
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:20:55PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@2008.43-1.org> writes:
> > I suggest to add /etc/perl to the list of location in the "Module Path"
> > section.
> Here's an expanded patch that documents what I believe to be the intended
> purpose of adding that to the module search path. I've copied debian-perl
> for their review as well.
> + <heading>Configuration Modules</heading>
> + <p>
> + Some Perl packages load system-wide configuration from a
> + dedicated Perl module whose purpose is solely to contain
> + configuration settings. The module often contains only variable
> + settings. Such modules should be treated as configuration files
> + and installed under <file>/etc/perl</file>.
> + </p>
> +
> + <p>
> + This applies only to Perl modules whose complete contents is
> + configuration information, cases where the module file itself is
> + a configuration file.
> + </p>
The last paragraph seems redundant to me. I suggest dropping it.
Otherwise it all looks good to me.
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Niko Tyni ntyni@debian.org
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