reassign 545242 tech-ctte forcemerge 548230 545242 thanks On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Jari Aalto wrote: > The problems in the package were identified as follows: > > (1) /etc/dropbear/run is an executable
There's nothing wrong with having executables in /etc, so long as they are not binaries. /etc/dropbear/run is "a local file used to control the operation of a program",[1] so it's perfectly reasonable to have it in /etc. > (2) /etc/dropbear/log is a symlink pointing to /var/log/dropbear If /etc/dropbear/log is a file controling the location of the log files (and thus, controling the operation of the program), I don't see the problem with the FHS. > 1) Symlinks > > I: Symlinks are "not real configuration files" as per FHS. The FHS doesn't address this point at all; while it may be problematic technically for VCS systems without support for symlinks, it's not precluded by the FHS. [And given how many symlinks are in /etc, (on my laptop, I cound 1430[2]), a VCS which can't handle it isn't going to be particularly useful for managing /etc.] > 2) Executables > > I: Excutables should not apperar under "/etc/<package>" as per FHS. The FHS precludes executable binaries from appearing under /etc, not executables: "it must be static and cannot be an executable binary".[1] Don Armstrong 1: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#ETCHOSTSPECIFICSYSTEMCONFIGURATION 2: $ sudo find /etc -type l|wc -l 1432 -- Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. -- Richard Feynman http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
