On Fri, 09 Jan 2009, Steve Langasek wrote: > I know we're still waiting for Gerrit to be available before proceding much > further with this, but I wanted to lay out my own point-by-point analysis of > the reasons given for rejection to help us start to work out what the > current consensus is regarding which issues should or shouldn't be blockers.
I agree with everything you said except one point you misunderstood IMO: > > - Lots of symlinks in /var/lib/qmail/bin going to /usr/bin/ and/or > > /usr/sbin. This is at least sick, if not again an FHS > > violation. var/lib is for "Variable state information", not binaries > > or links to them. > > It is a violation of Policy's requirements regarding the FHS. > > 9.1.1. File system Structure > ---------------------------- > > The location of all installed files and directories must comply with > the File system Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the > exceptions noted below, and except where doing so would violate other > terms of Debian Policy. > > The files must be installed in /usr, not just symlinked from /usr. I understood that they are installed in /usr but that symlinks are installed in /var, probably because Qmail expect them to be below /var/lib/qmail. While not nice and ideal, I believe it's an acceptable compromise if upstream doesn't want to fix the software to look in different directories. A quick check on the package confirms this: lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-08-28 15:23 ./var/lib/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -> /usr/bin /qmail-inject Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
