On 2/2/07, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
tags 409335 patch
thanks
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The change requested in 408154 is a policy violation. Packages are not
> allowed to ship any directories under the /usr/local heirarchy; they must be
> created in the postinst and removed in the prerm.
>
> This bug now blocks getting the fix for RC bug 403703 into etch, so please
> revert the change.
Instead of just reverting, you could also apply this simple patch:
+
+ * Use dh_usrlocal to install files in /usr/local in the maintainer
+ scripts, instead of shipping them in the deb
Unless I misunderstood the man page, dh_usrlocal is meant for software
that builds into /usr/local, which we don't. We're only adding a local
directory in case others need it to install their own PPD.
We probably should not ship any directory in /usr/local or /opt
anyhow. It should be up to the third-party or local applications that
actually supply the PPD to create them.
Even worse, those PPD directories are not only used by CUPS; other
PostScript applications and printer daemons use them too. The proper
solution would be to add those directories to the filesystem skeleton
used by debian-installer and to the FHS specs.
--
Martin-Éric Racine
http://q-funk.iki.fi
