Bug#741304: add FHS exception for arch-indep in /usr/lib
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 06:39:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> The FHS requirement that architecture-independent application-specific
> static files be located in /usr/share is relaxed to a suggestion.
>
> In particular, a subdirectory of /usr/lib may be used by a package
> (or a collection of packages) to hold a mixture of architecture-independent
> and architecture-dependent files. However, when a directory is
> entirely composed of architecture-independent files, it should be
> located in /usr/share.
There are various packages which ship only architecture-independent files in
/usr/lib/<foo> directories. One example is [0].
What's the rationale to explicitly make a distinction between
directories holding only architecture-independent files and ones
consisting of a mixture?
Since [0] would violate this should rule, what would that mean in
practice: still a bug, though non-RC severity (normal?)?
Otherwise, I'm all for relaxing that requirement and thanks for starting
the discussion!
Michael
[0] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740345
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