Roland Gruber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Matthew Palmer schrieb:
>> Except that the contents of /usr/share/doc must not be relied upon for >> the proper functioning of your package. Somewhere under >> /usr/share/l-a-m is the correct place for these sorts of things. > > but when I copy the files at install time (postinst) then /usr/share/doc > should be no problem? If the administrator deletes the files in > /usr/share/doc afterwards then my application will have no problems. No, you're not allowed to reference /usr/share/doc from maintainer scripts. dpkg may be modified to not install /usr/share/doc at all. You should ship them in /usr/share/<package> and add a symlink in /usr/share/doc if desired. See Policy 12.3. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
