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Re: [opensuse-packaging] GNOME: planned changes (move to /usr, scriptlets)
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:48:14 +0100
- Message-id: <homz4s8g69.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Andreas Hanke <andreas.hanke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> No, the LSB/FHS does not forbit to install packages outside /usr, but
> doing this forces packagers to bend the FHS specifications in sometimes
> extreme ways because some files *must* live in /usr because they would
> not work otherwise.
The LSB asked us to not install anything in /opt (with the exception
of /opt/novell since we own that). /opt is according to the LSB
reserved for third party packages. This is a stricter interpretation
than the FHS,
Andreas
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SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
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> No, the LSB/FHS does not forbit to install packages outside /usr, but
> doing this forces packagers to bend the FHS specifications in sometimes
> extreme ways because some files *must* live in /usr because they would
> not work otherwise.
The LSB asked us to not install anything in /opt (with the exception
of /opt/novell since we own that). /opt is according to the LSB
reserved for third party packages. This is a stricter interpretation
than the FHS,
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj/
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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