Arthur Korn wrote:
> As of Policy version 3.5.3.0 examples should be installed in either of
> /usr/{lib,share}/$package/. This patch makes dh_installexamples install
> examples in /usr/share/$package/examples/ and create a symlink from
> /usr/share/doc/$package/examples to /usr/share/$package/examples.
That is not the intent of policy (I should know; I drafted that
modification). The intent is that packages may, rarely, have
architecture dependant example files. Such files cannot go in
/usr/share, so policy now says put them in /usr/lib, with a symlink to
the other location.
It is unfortunate that the upgrading-checklist incorrectly summarizes
this change when it says:
- Examples and templates should now live in
/usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
symbolic links from /usr/share/doc//<package>/examples as
needed.
Flatly incorrect. Policy says nothing about a /usr/share/package directory
holding examples. I suggest ignoring that incorrect summary and just reading
policy 13.7.
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