> On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 12:33:21AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Interesting points. However I would suggest that most of the files in
> > /etc are about local configurations, and are, in general, not
> > shareable. In fact, the FHS defines /etc as being for non-shareable,
> > static data. But what should be done for shareable configuration
> > data? Debian uses /etc as the primary place for configuration files,
> > be they shareable or not. So maybe we should create an /etc/share
> > directory as you suggest. And maybe even an /etc/local directory
> > corresponsing to /usr/local?
> >
> > Maybe I'll bring this up on the FHS list.
>
> FWIW, /usr/local does not exist under the FHS. However it was
> traditional to use /usr/local/etc for the purpose.
Eh? Section 4.6 has a fairly detailed description of /usr/local.
(I'm looking in the recently announced 2.1-pre-02.)
The problem with /usr/local/etc as it stands is that it is in a
shareable tree. It would be better to have /etc/local and
/etc/local/share, IMHO.
> /opt should have much the same layout as /usr does now--that is /opt/bin,
> /opt/sbin, et al. I'd have to look again for some idea as to whether or
> not there is an /opt/share or if there's a /usr/share/opt or similar.
No, there doesn't appear to be.
> What I don't see is a good place to put potentially changing sharable
> data. This applies specifically a package of mine, dfm. It puts all its
> data in one directory (/usr/share/dfm by default with --prefix=/usr) and
> in it is a file which does much the same as mime types do. This file as
> shipped probably on most Debian systems needs some modification.
> Actually I'd like the author to consider an implementation of what's
> essentially file as a library that spits out mime types instead of
> traditional informative output it provides now.. => But that's another
> discussion and project. =>
>
> I asked about this on irc and was told that a conffile in /usr/share
> would send lintian into fits---and probably rightly so! I ended up with
> a symlink into /etc for now, but I'd like a cleaner solution (short of
> writing a libfilemime.so hopefully)
You are right -- this is necessary.
Julian
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