Bug#241901: Bug#241919: FHS should be more clear [Was: Bug#241901: apt: E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)]
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 02:10:41PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > FHS should make clear whether the dirs under /var/cache can be deleted
> > or not.
>
> I agree. I'm reassigning this bug to debian-policy, which contains the
> FHS.
I think the FHS is pretty unambiguous on this point. It refers to "files",
"directories" and "files (and|or) directories". The fact that some
filesystems implement files and directories using the same underlying data
structures does not seem relevant to the FHS.
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- mdz
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