* Josselin Mouette [2011-08-17 02:10 +0200]: > Le mardi 16 août 2011 à 20:22 +0200, Axel Beckert a écrit : > > /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache is not part of any package, but > > according to gtk-update-icon-cache(1), it is a cache file generated by > > gtk-update-icon-cache. > > > > This behaviour violates the File Hierachy Standard, chapter 4: "[...] > > /usr is [...], read-only data. That means that /usr [...] must not be > > written to. Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is > > stored elsewhere. [...]" > > > > gtk-update-icon-cache should use /var/cache for such caches. > > This cache is only ever written upon dpkg invocation, through a trigger. > It is not host-specific, and does not vary with time - unless you count > upgrading packages as “varying with time”, which would make all files > under /usr fall under this rule. > > This file is under control of gnome-icon-theme, which is in charge of > setting the trigger and cleaning up on package removal.
gnome-icon-theme-extras also uses /usr/share/icons/gnome/ > Again, there is no policy violation here. Is the content of this cache file architecture dependent or at least depending on the endianness? Carsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
