On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:02:59AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > - 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 Ok. I think technically that's still a violation (at least in an earlier version of the FHS there was wording to the effect that an FHS-compliant application had to use only the FHS directories when accessing files), but it's one with fewer practical implications, so I don't think that should block a package from the archive. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
