Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > From the lintian changes file: > ______________________________________________________________________ > * Improved `files' check: No package should install files directly into > /usr/share. New tag: > file-directly-in-usr-share > ______________________________________________________________________
Here's lintains' explination of this tag, FWIW: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/lintian>lintian-info W: foo: file-directly-in-usr-share ^D W: foo: file-directly-in-usr-share N: N: Packages should not installs files directly in /usr/share, i.e., N: without a subdirectory. N: N: Either, you should create a subdirectory /usr/share/... for your N: package or place the file in /usr/share/misc. N: > So, what does the check mean? 66 packages install files into > /usr/share. It seems OK to put files in there, as long as no program > ever references thos files directly. Is that right? What does the FHS > say? I think you misunderstoond the check. Lintian only warns about files *directly* under /usr/share, ie, those not in a subdirectory. > /var/lib/dpkg/info/bsdgames-nonfree.list > /var/lib/dpkg/info/bsdgames.list Lintain doesn't flag these packages as being in error. I don't understand why this check is here either, I just think you misunderstood what it's checking. -- see shy jo
