https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59513
--- Comment #16 from sergio.calleg...@gmail.com --- The bug is still present as of 4.4.0.3 and has *worsened*. In the following point 1 is new, while the other two points are confirmed from the past. 1) A symbolic link, in /usr/local/bin/libreoffice4.4 is created by the libreoffice4.4-debian-menus. This is a very evident violation of the debian policy. Deb packages *must not* place any files in /usr/local, either by putting them in the file system archive to be unpacked by dpkg or by manipulating them in their maintainer scripts (Debian policy manual Section 9.1.2 Site-specific programs). It is also in violation of the Linux Filesystem Hierachy Standard, that states "The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally. *It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is updated*". Note that up to version 4.3, libreoffice was putting a link in /usr/bin, which was OK with the policy. 2) The link to libreoffice4.4 should likely not be managed/created by the libreoffice4.4-debian-menus package as it is. In fact, the debian-menus package should have to do with the /desktop integration/. The link to have libreoffice on the path should be provided even if one choses not to install the desktop integration, because it has to do with the ability to start the program at all which is needed even without desktop integration (e.g. in installations where libreoffice is used as a server for document conversion with no desktop integration at all). 3) The system lacks a libreoffice executable (namely, something like /usr/bin/libreoffice, rather than /usr/bin/libreoffice4.4). This should be present and managed by the debian alternatives system. Otherwise, when one upgrades libreoffice (e.g. from 4.3 to 4.4) all the scripts that need to call libreoffice break and need to be manually updated (or a manually created link needs manual updating). If the alternative system is not feasible (due to chance of breaking if debian decides to implement a similar scheme for its own deb files of libreoffice), the idea in #9 of having a package to provide the default version to invoke would be a step forward. Another possibility would be to use the alternative mechanism with name "libreoffice-default" not to conflict with debian. But, please, provide something to call that is stable between upgrades. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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