Hello,
On Tue, Jul 03 2018, Simon McVittie wrote:
> How about the attached patch?
Seconded:
>>From 5205d0a50465cf422f1040d9395d5ea83dbfde5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:43:04 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update to FHS v3.0
>
> Notable changes that this causes:
>
> * A GNU-style /usr/libexec is now allowed.
>
> Notable non-changes:
>
> * /usr/games, /usr/share/games and /usr/lib/games were optional in
> FHS 2.3, and are still optional. It is up to us whether we want
> to keep using those directories.
>
> Drop our special exception for /run, and replace it with a requirement
> that /var/run and /var/lock are symlinks to /run and /run/lock
> respectively. The FHS does not mandate that these directories are
> symlinked or bind-mounted (although I think it should) and some
> misguided distributions make /run and /var/run non-equivalent, but they
> have always been equivalent on Debian.
>
> Drop our special exception for /sys, which is now standardized in the
> FHS.
>
> Relax the requirement to create /usr/local/share/color to a
> recommendation to avoid making 6 packages immediately noncompliant.
>
> Add a special exception for /usr/bin/mh/ for now, restoring the FHS
> 2.3 situation (dropping this might be a good idea, but should be
> disussed with the nmh and mailutils-mh maintainers if desired).
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
> Closes: #787816
> ---
> policy/ch-opersys.rst | 33 +++++++++++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/policy/ch-opersys.rst b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
> index f9f878f..cded697 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-opersys.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ File System Structure
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The location of all files and directories must comply with the
> -Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the exceptions
> +Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 3.0, with the exceptions
> noted below, and except where doing so would violate other terms of
> Debian Policy. The following exceptions to the FHS apply:
>
> @@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ Debian Policy. The following exceptions to the FHS apply:
> is recommended the configuration files not start with the '.'
> character.
>
> -3. The requirement for amd64 to use ``/lib64`` for 64 bit binaries is
> - removed. Only the dynamic linker and libc are allowed to use this
> - directory.
> +3. Only the dynamic linker and libc are allowed to install files
> + in ``/lib64``.
>
> 4. The requirement for object files, internal binaries, and libraries,
> including ``libc.so.*``, to be located directly under ``/lib{,32}``
> @@ -76,20 +75,13 @@ Debian Policy. The following exceptions to the FHS apply:
> ``/etc``, or at least are symlinked there, is relaxed to a
> recommendation.
>
> -8. The additional directory ``/run`` in the root file system is
> - allowed. ``/run`` replaces ``/var/run``, and the subdirectory
> - ``/run/lock`` replaces ``/var/lock``, with the ``/var`` directories
> - replaced by symlinks for backwards compatibility. ``/run`` and
> - ``/run/lock`` must follow all of the requirements in the FHS for
> - ``/var/run`` and ``/var/lock``, respectively, such as file naming
> - conventions, file format requirements, or the requirement that files
> - be cleared during the boot process. Files and directories residing
> - in ``/run`` should be stored on a temporary file system.
> +8. ``/var/run`` is required to be a symbolic link to ``/run``,
> + and ``/var/lock`` is required to be a symbolic link to ``/run/lock``.
>
> -9. The ``/sys`` directory in the root filesystem is additionally
> - allowed. [#]_
> +9. The ``/var/www`` directory is additionally allowed.
>
> -10. The ``/var/www`` directory is additionally allowed.
> +10. The requirement for ``/usr/local/share/color`` to exist if
> + ``/usr/share/color`` exists is relaxed to a recommendation.
>
> 11. The requirement for ``/usr/local/libqual`` to exist if ``/libqual``
> or ``/usr/libqual`` exists (where ``libqual`` is a variant of
> @@ -98,6 +90,11 @@ Debian Policy. The following exceptions to the FHS apply:
> 12. On GNU/Hurd systems, the following additional directories are
> allowed in the root filesystem: ``/hurd`` and ``/servers``. [#]_
>
> +13. As an exception to the requirement for there to be no subdirectories
> + in ``/usr/bin``, the ``mh`` mail-handling suite may create
> + ``/usr/bin/mh/``, as was allowed in FHS version 2.3. Other
> + subdirectories are not allowed.
> +
> The version of this document referred here can be found in the
> ``debian-policy`` package or on `FHS (Debian
> copy) <https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/>`_ alongside
> @@ -1028,10 +1025,6 @@ Debian, so this section has been removed.
> This is necessary for architecture-dependent headers file to coexist
> in a ``multiarch`` setup.
>
> -.. [#]
> - This directory is used as mount point to mount virtual filesystems to
> - get access to kernel information.
> -
> .. [#]
> These directories are used to store translators and as a set of
> standard names for mount points, respectively.
--
Sean Whitton
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