[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > On Mar 02, Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > But lacks a rationale. Which package uses this directory, and why? > > > > For the same reasons that /opt/lib is in /etc/ld.so.conf. > > > Not in my own. > > Anyways, it might have been put there by some old version of the > > debian installer or I've put it myself. It's not the point. > I'd say it's quite important instead, because it shows that no package > uses it.
Indeed. Because /opt is reserved for the local administrator. > > The directories /opt/bin, /opt/doc, /opt/include, > > /opt/info, /opt/lib, and /opt/man are reserved for local > > system administrator use. Packages may provide "front-end" > > files intended to be placed in (by linking or copying) > > these reserved directories by the local system > > administrator, but shall function normally in the absence > > of these reserved directories. > This does not justifies > > inventing yet another place for firmwares in /opt. > > > According to FHS, if /usr/lib/firmware is a legitimate place to put > > firmware files, /opt/lib/firmware should also be one. > I disagree with your conclusion. Why? > > Anyways, adding /opt/lib/firmware to FIRMWARE_DIRS is minor and won't > > break anything. > > It's yet another directory to check every time the script is called. <sacarsm> Yes, checking one extra directory per hotplug invocation is really going to kill hotplug's performance. It's really sad, because hotplug has been designed to be blazingly fast. And upcalls to hotplug (especially the firmware loader) happen in tight loops. </sarcasm> > Considering that it has never been used and that there is no reason to > use it I consider this bloat and I'm closing this bug. It's never been used by any packages because /opt is reserved for local use. Sigh, I'll just report this to upstream. This would have taken less of my time instead of arguing with you. I even wonder why I still file bug with Debian. I'll spend less time fixing it myself or go straight to upstream. Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
