Martin, On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:45:15PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.10.26.1916 +0200]: > > > Lastly, the policy promises that /usr can be read-only and > > > guarantees software to be fully functional. > > > > Now, where is the possible policy bug? > > Section 9.1.1 of the policy. The software writes to /usr, which is > to be treated as read-only at any time other than package > management. Thus, effectively, dpkg is the only tool allowed to > manipulate files in /usr, though other tools are used from time to > time (e.g. ln(1)), but only during installation or removal of the > owner package.
Are we reading the same policy? Debian Policy Manual Chapter 9 - The Operating System 9.1 Filesystem hierarchy 9.1.1 Filesystem Structure The location of all installed files and directories must comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) ... (should 'hierarchy' have a capital, or perhaps 'Structure' not?) What software writes to /usr ? If you're refering to 9.1.2 that seems not too far from the FHS. Regards, Paddy -- Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall
