On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:26:32AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > Chapter 4 of the file hiearchy standard says that /usr should not be > written to. The unpacking of the source into /usr in a postinst would > create data that lives outside of the dpkg database, so unpacking source > there automatically would be a violation of the FHS, in my opinion.
This is a bad idea anyway. > Creation of data somewhere under /var, or in a user-configurable > location is an option, but not one I'm fond of. What happens if source > is already unpacked there? We wouldn't want to overwrite an existing Anything outside of /usr/local and /home/* should not be touched by the user anyway. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
