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and subject line Re: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#524858: hal-info puts
configuration files in /usr/share
has caused the Debian Bug report #524858,
regarding hal-info puts configuration files in /usr/share
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Package: hal-info
Version: 20090309-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 10.7.2
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hal-info contains a mix of hardware dependent quirks and system dependent
configuration, all of which are placed in /usr/share/hal.
The files /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-* are
all examples of files matching the definition of a configuration file in
Debian (policy 10.7.1):
"A file that affects the operation of a program, or provides site- or
host-specific information, or otherwise customizes the behavior of a
program. Typically, configuration files are intended to be modified
by the system administrator (if needed or desired) to conform to local
policy or to provide more useful site-specific behavior."
Policy require such files to reside in /etc. My suggestion would be to
move them to /usr/share/doc/hal-info/examples and only keep strict
quirks in /usr/share/hal.
Bjørn
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Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Package: hal-info
> Version: 20090309-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 10.7.2
>
> hal-info contains a mix of hardware dependent quirks and system dependent
> configuration, all of which are placed in /usr/share/hal.
>
> The files /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-* are
> all examples of files matching the definition of a configuration file in
> Debian (policy 10.7.1):
>
> "A file that affects the operation of a program, or provides site- or
> host-specific information, or otherwise customizes the behavior of a
> program. Typically, configuration files are intended to be modified
> by the system administrator (if needed or desired) to conform to local
> policy or to provide more useful site-specific behavior."
>
> Policy require such files to reside in /etc. My suggestion would be to
> move them to /usr/share/doc/hal-info/examples and only keep strict
> quirks in /usr/share/hal.
>
Those files are not meant to be edited.
If you want to make changes, hal has a perfectly working mechanism by putting
configuration files into /etc/hal/fdi.
Closing.
Michael
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