Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-29 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 28 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: The reason for adding a symlink /usr/local/etc/ - /etc/ can be found in this mail: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/10/msg00111.html. I.e, it avoids noise that may confuse users. I don't see anything in that email tht

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-29 Thread Frans Pop
No longer really relevant, but just for completeness. On Wednesday 28 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: I don't think so. A udeb can usually ignore bits about policy that talk about packaging details. However, when it comes to stuff on the disk that is going to outlast the

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-29 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 28 October 2009, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: No part of a udeb ever ends up on the disk. Udebs only life in the installer intrds and in the ramdisk set up by the initrd. I don't think the FHS should apply to the ramdisk environment of the installer. Well, I think it's good to follow

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-29 Thread Otavio Salvador
Hello Manoj, On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Manoj Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: Hi, On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not allowed. As this is a udeb I

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not allowed. As this is a udeb I think this can be ignored. I don't think so. A udeb can usually ignore bits about

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2009-10-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: severity 552584 normal Bug #552584 [rootskel-gtk] file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc Severity set to 'normal' from 'serious' thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 552584 normal thanks On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:36:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Package: rootskel-gtk Version: 1.16 Severity: serious User: lintian-ma...@debian.org Usertags: file-in-usr-local Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not allowed. As this is a udeb I think this can be ignored. The reason for adding a symlink /usr/local/etc/ - /etc/ can be found in this mail:

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:49:29AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not allowed. As this is a udeb I think this can be

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Manoj Srivastava (sriva...@debian.org): Package: rootskel-gtk Version: 1.16 Severity: serious User: lintian-ma...@debian.org Usertags: file-in-usr-local Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not allowed. The package should not be looking into

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Frans Pop wrote: That's just it: the symlink exists *only* in the D-I environment and has no influence at all on the installed system. It only exists in RAM while the installation is running. It is not part of the install. In That would address most of my

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, On Tue, Oct 27 2009, Steve Langasek wrote: There's no reason to treat this as release-critical for a udeb; udebs are only used as part of the installer where conflicts with user-managed files are not possible. Well, conflict with user files is not the only reason I think that

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2009-10-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tag 552584 pending Bug #552584 {Done: Frans Pop f...@debian.org} [rootskel-gtk] file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc Added tag(s) pending. End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking

Bug#552584: file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc

2009-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Package: rootskel-gtk Version: 1.16 Severity: serious User: lintian-ma...@debian.org Usertags: file-in-usr-local Justification: The package installs a file in /usr/local/... which is not allowed. The package should not be looking into /usr/loca/etc, anyway. The site admin already has a location