What creates/uses /dev/xconsole?

On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 10:57:58AM -0800, Ken Teague wrote: >> Sorry to route it this way but I don't wanna submit the bug into the wrong >> place. What creates the fifo /dev/xconsole? xbase-clients doesn't appear >> to pack it. Is this automatically created by some script? Thanks. On Thu, Feb

Re: /usr/local policy

On 29 Feb 2000, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Steve" == Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Steve> Hmm. This says that the *location* of directories must comply with > FHS. > Steve> Why doesn't this read simply "The Debian file system must fully comply > Steve> with FHS"? Is it int

Re: /usr/local policy

* Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000229 00:33]: > Steve> Well, let's assume that I'm reading too much into this, and that the > Steve> Policy writers really intended that Debian be fully FHS compliant. > So the intent was that we shall try to be as compliant as > possible, without

Re: /usr/local policy

>>"Steve" == Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> Hmm. This says that the *location* of directories must comply with FHS. Steve> Why doesn't this read simply "The Debian file system must fully comply Steve> with FHS"? Is it intended that Debian follow the FHS only in *location* S

/usr/local policy

Hello, I would like to propose that the Debian policy document be amended with respect to handling of /usr/local. The relevant sections are 3.1.1 which says that Debian ought to comply with FHS, and section 3.1.2 which says that packages may create directories under /usr/local. On the face of it

CVS srivasta: Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.

CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy Module name:debian-policy Changes by: srivastaMon Feb 28 20:35:01 PST 2000 Modified files: debian : changelog postinst.in rules Log message: Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does not point to /usr/