On 12-Sep-99, 11:01 (CDT), "Juergen A. Erhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.0.1.1
> Severity: normal
>
> Add to section 3.1.2:
>
> /usr/local is local admin territory. Whatever the local admin
> does in or below /usr/local, must not affect the operation of even
> parts of a package.
>
> Thus, no package may depend on the existence of anything
> below /usr/local, even if it created the directory itself. It
> may not even depend on the existence of /usr/local.
Instead of the above two paragraphs, how about:
Because '/usr/local' and its contents are for exclusive use of
the local administrator, a package must not rely on the presence
or absence of files or directories in '/usr/local' for normal
operation, although the presence or absence may modify or enhance
the behavior of the package.
Steve
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