On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 11:34:01PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Even if you really believe that it is justified to automatically keep > the file up to date for a niche feature of ipmitool (I don't), ...
> It is also a policy violation to have a package modify something in /usr > after the installation, because /usr is allowed to be read only. > > BTW, I suggest that you have a look at the history of the pci.ids and > usb.ids packages: the automatic update mechanisms for these files have > been scrapped long ago. Just to be clear about an automatic download mechanism: it would be a) unwelcome in main, where we patch out other "privacy breach" things, b) if ipmitool -requires- the file, it is forbidden by the definition of "main", c) it will hurt the upstream servers and will probably earn you (or the entire project) many stern words from the server operators. Short summary: just don't do it. Chris
