Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-29 Thread Christian Schwarz
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Brian White wrote: > > > In fact, as part of the Deity project, I'd like to do something a little > > > more elaborate. I'd like to be able to remove or change any arbitrary > > > path. (This was originally Behan's idea, actually.) > > > > Ok, then I'd suggest I change the

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-28 Thread Brian White
> > In fact, as part of the Deity project, I'd like to do something a little > > more elaborate. I'd like to be able to remove or change any arbitrary > > path. (This was originally Behan's idea, actually.) > > Ok, then I'd suggest I change the proposed section in our Policy to state > that curr

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-27 Thread Behan Webster
Brian White wrote: > In fact, as part of the Deity project, I'd like to do something a little > more elaborate. I'd like to be able to remove or change any arbitrary > path. (This was originally Behan's idea, actually.) To be completely fair, it's actually a combination of several people's ideas

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-27 Thread Christian Schwarz
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Brian White wrote: > > I just received this from Brian. The feature of dpkg to skip certain > > directories when unpacking a .deb has been discussed already. How easy can > > this be implemented? > > In fact, as part of the Deity project, I'd like to do something a little > m

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-27 Thread Brian White
> I just received this from Brian. The feature of dpkg to skip certain > directories when unpacking a .deb has been discussed already. How easy can > this be implemented? In fact, as part of the Deity project, I'd like to do something a little more elaborate. I'd like to be able to remove or chan

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-25 Thread Christian Schwarz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Guy, thanks for the explanation. I hope I got it right now. Below is the new version of this section (currently 3.2.10 in Policy Manual 2.1.3.2). Note that I merged the old section with the new one, a few things have been changed and other things have been drop

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-24 Thread Guy Maor
Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. Is it allowed to remove these directories in the postrm script? The > first section seams to allow it, but the second paragraph does not allow > it. > > 2. FSSTND, section 4.8 lists only a few directories. Currently, a few > packages install other

Re: base-files does not create /usr/local directories

1997-05-24 Thread Christian Schwarz
On 19 Mar 1997 (some time ago), Guy Maor wrote: > I suggested this policy in Jan, and everyone thought it was > reasonable. > > Christian - could you add it to your list of proposed policy changes? I'm currently working on a new policy manual and want to incorporate this. However, I have two co