On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Michael Gilbert wrote: > >> Bug #612918 involves a violation of the FHS (using a file in /etc as a >> state file), thus violating debian policy. Apparently there was going >> to be some involved upstream work to correct the problem, but after >> over a year, that appears not to have happened. Given that and the >> fact that practically speaking, its only really problematic in a >> read-only /etc environment, and users in that situation can choose a >> different network manager anyway, I think it would be appropriate to >> ignore it for wheezy until that upstream work actually gets done. > > Wouldn't an alternative be to simply use a symlink or patch to move > wicd's list of networks under /var?
That's an interesting thought, and apparently there is already some precedent for that. For example: $ ls -l /etc/xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jan 17 2010 /etc/xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu -> /var/lib/menu-xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
