On 31-Jan-99 John Travers wrote: > The program I am packaging defaults to putting its configuration files in > /usr/share/packagename/... along with an example file and a pixmap. How can I > make the configuration file and example go to /etc/packagename... but leave > the pixmap in the /usr/share... directory? (I know how I could install it > there, but how do I make the program look there?) >
You may have to edit the program's code. This has been a problem for several packages. Personally I do not think EVERY package belongs in /etc. Sytem control, sure. But small things, no. I am aware of the current policy, but I think a strict "everything goes here" is bound to have problems.
