[pkg-GNUstep-maintainers] Re: Bug#256156: How to address the FHS concerns

[Steve Langasek]

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Hello,

Sorry for the thread breaking the web archive doesn't seem to have
message ids.

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 at 21:55, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > Evan Prodromou writes:
> > On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 15:08, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > This guy filed some RC reports on GNUstep packages. You have to check,
> > > if his claims are valid or not (at least his claim that all packages
> > > are affected, is not valid).

> > Are there any GNUstep applications that _don't_ install into the
> > /usr/lib/GNUstep tree?

> > Are there any that put everything in the "right" place, FHS-wise, and
> > make symbolic links inside the /usr/lib/GNUstep tree?

> no, his claims are wrong. Steve Langasack posted a nice summary to
> debian-release. See
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/06/msg00107.html

> The solution is not the best one, but changing the Makefiles and the
> layout would take a bit longer.

I know my wording in the above email was a bit... convoluted... so just
to make sure everyone is clear:

- binaries under /usr/lib/<package> are not policy violations if you
  don't intend for people to execute them directly.
- openapp is a binary that people execute directly, so it must be in
  /usr/bin/; it is a serious bug if they are not.
- architecture-independent files must be in /usr/share; it is a serious
  bug if they are not.
- These serious bugs, because they appear to be fixable, are not
  ones which I believe should be automatically granted an exemption for
  sarge.  However, this is my opinion, not an official position from the
  release team; the only person who gets to pick which bugs are
  ignorable is still AJ. :)

Thanks,
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Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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