Bug#44922: bug#44922: Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-13 Thread Steve Greenland
On 12-Sep-99, 20:05 (CDT), "Juergen A. Erhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Though I'd rather have it read like > >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 '/

bug#44922: Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-13 Thread Juergen A. Erhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Steve" == Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> 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 sec

bug#44922: Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-12 Thread Steve Greenland
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 o

Bug#44922: PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-12 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 06:01:05PM +0200, Juergen A. Erhard wrote: > /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. So, for example, my Hugs package is in violation of this proposed ame

Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-12 Thread Juergen A. Erhard
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