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Bug#638060: debian-policy: §9.1.1: FHS should also be a "must" for generated files



Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> Russ Allbery wrote:

>> I guess the concern is that you feel this language implies that packages
>> aren't allowed to support non-FHS configuration?  Would this be better?
>>
>>	    The location of all files and directories must comply with the
>>	    Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the
>>	    exceptions noted below, and except where doing so would
>>	    violate other terms of Debian Policy or where the local
>>	    administrator has explicitly configured the software to use
>>	    different paths.  The following exceptions to the FHS apply:

> With s/software/system/, sounds good to me.

That doesn't sound right to me.  Surely the relevant configuration is that
of the individual software packages (setting DocumentRoot to /web, setting
TMPDIR when running some application to /tempfs/foo, or changing Postfix's
mail_spool_directory setting to /mail), not only system-wide
configuration?

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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