Bug#292752: tetex-base: Ships subdirectories of /usr/local in .deb, against Policy

["Kevin B. McCarty" <kmccarty@Princeton.EDU>]

Package: tetex-base
Version: 2.0.2c-4
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 9.1.2

Hello,

I'm sorry to have to file this bug :-( but I think that shipping
directories under /usr/local in the tetex-base .deb is a Policy violation;
see section 9.1.2, fourth paragraph.

The rationale is that if I try to install the package on a computer where
/usr/local is mounted read-only (e.g. as an NFS share), the installation
will fail.  (In my case at least, this is more than just a theoretical
worry.)  Hence all creation of /usr/local subdirectories must be done in
postinst scripts, and must not cause the installation to fail if the
directory cannot be created.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii  debconf                       1.4.42     Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                          1.10.26    Package maintenance system for Deb
ii  texinfo                       4.7-2.2    Documentation system for on-line i
ii  ucf                           1.13       Update Configuration File: preserv

-- debconf information excluded

regards,

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Kevin B. McCarty <kmccarty@princeton.edu>   Physics Department
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