Bug#630174: debian-policy: forbid installation into /lib64
user debian-policy@lists.debian.org
tag 630174 + patch
usertags 630174 + normative
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Le Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 04:28:41PM -0500, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:58:02PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 13:49:53 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> > > Currently, section 9.1.1 relaxes the FHS requirement that /lib64 and
> > > /usr/lib64 be used, but it doesn't prohibit installing files in that
> > > location. However, due to the way Debian handles this (with symlinks),
> > > bad things happen in terms of tracking files and conflicts if packages
> > > install files into /lib64 and /usr/lib64 and rely on these symlinks.
>
> > > I think we should instead prohibit (must not) installing files into
> > > /lib64 and /usr/lib64 in packages with architecture amd64.
>
> > Sounds sensible to me.
>
> I agree.
Here is a patch.
According to apt-file, prohibiting to install files into /lib64 and /usr/lib64
on amd64 would make only one package RC-buggy, juffed, in its experimental
version.
Have a nice day,
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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
>From 8a708ce2125835e537566fc1f75094d91076f573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:40:21 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Forbid installation into /lib64 and /usr/lib64.
Closes: #630174
---
policy.sgml | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 3122632..47fbfb4 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6185,8 +6185,8 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/
</item>
<item>
<p>
- The requirement for amd64 to use <file>/lib64</file>
- for 64 bit binaries is removed.
+ Packages with architecture amd64 must not install files
+ in <file>/lib64</file> and <file>/usr/lib64</file>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
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