Re: Policy about /usr/share

1998-03-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Santiago> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> file-directly-in-usr-share Santiago> Hi Christian. Santiago> It seems this tag is a little bit confusing. Would be Santiago> possible to find a better one? For example: Santiago> file-d

Re: Policy about /usr/share

1998-03-08 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >file-directly-in-usr-share Hi Christian. It seems this tag is a little bit confusing. Would be possible to find a better one? For example: file-directly-in-usr-share-not-in-a-usr-share-directory -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset:

Re: Policy about /usr/share

1998-03-08 Thread Adam P. Harris
"Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, what does the check mean? 66 packages install files into > /usr/share. It seems OK to put files in there, as long as no program > ever references thos files directly. Is that right? Yes, it is literally correct according to FSST

Re: Policy about /usr/share

1998-03-08 Thread Joey Hess
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > From the lintian changes file: > __ > * Improved `files' check: No package should install files directly into > /usr/share. New tag: >file-directly-in-usr-share >

Policy about /usr/share

1998-03-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
share __ I did not see anything in Policy about /usr/share. FSSTND says /usr/share shall be covered later, since Linux is only one architecture anyway. Since that assumption is dated and patently inapplicable anymore, I do not see a reason to adhere that strictly to the lett