tag 336884 confirmed thanks On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:15:14PM -0600, David Bridges wrote: > Package: eclipse-platform-common > Version: 3.1.1-3 > Severity: normal > > > eclipse-platform-common is configured to write to the /usr/local, this > hierarchy should not be touched by packages and will not allow > installation on systems where /usr/local is an NFS mount
I think we will do the same as python2.3 does in /var/lib/dpkg/info/python2.3.postinst and create the hierarchy in a postinst script and fail silently when /usr/local is read-only as it seems to be in your case. Thanks for your bug report. Cheers, Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]