Bug#686143: debian-policy: FHS requirements on "essential" binaries cannot be well, defined at distro level
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.1.0
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Proposed additional bullet point to 9.1.1 regarding Debian exceptions to
FHS:
* The FHS language of "essential" vs. "non-essential" binaries and
libraries is
local system dependent, and cannot be well defined at the distribution
level in
a way which would be correct for all Debian installation configurations.
Disagreements about whether a file belongs in root (/bin, /sbin, /lib)
versus
/usr will be resolved by consensus. Ultimately it is the responsibility
of the
maintainer of each Debian installation to ensure that the libraries and
binaries
that are essential for their system are available from the root partition.
P.S. Should a library or binary file qualify for FHS "essential"
placement only if
its Debian package is marked "Essential"?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
debian-policy depends on no packages.
debian-policy recommends no packages.
Versions of packages debian-policy suggests:
pn doc-base <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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