Bug#630174: debian-policy: forbid installation into /lib64

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:30:54AM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit :
> 
> We should document that to prevent /lib64 to be used for wrong purpose.
> 
> > In any case I'm not quite sure whether shipping files in lib64 in amd64
> > packages (juffed/juffed-dev and zynaddsubfx-dssi do this now) is OK.
> 
> I only found 
> zynaddsubfx-dssi: /usr/lib64/dssi/libzynaddsubfx_dssi.so
> which I think is a RC bug.
> 
> But note that this bug is about /lib64, not /usr/lib64

Hi Bill,

while the title is only about /lib64, the main text of the original message
in for this bug is about /lib64 and /usr/lib64.

How about the following.

    Packages must not install files in <file>/lib64</file> and
    <file>/usr/lib64</file>.  The <tt>libc6</tt> package is exempted from this
    restriction.

I think that we are practical enough that, if we need another core package to
ship files in these directories for a very good reason, this can happen before
a revised version of the Policy is released.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles