Re: %files directive with relocation in %install

[bob proulx com (Bob Proulx)]

Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> If you're not a distribution provider, you should not be
> putting things in the distribution provider's space (/usr).
> 
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

Once I decide to put something in /usr I become a distribution
provider.  And that is okay.  It is my local system and that is
allowed to me to set local policy.  I just can't complain if an
upstream change conflicts with something *I* did locally.  I will have
to react appropriately to resolve that potential future issue.  I am
both a producer and consumer of the result.  Even if a conflict arises
if I am choosing my software over the distro's software then that is
my choice to make.

I could even distribute my modified system to someone else with parts
of this and parts of that cobbled together.  This is often done.  Look
at all of the derived and customized distros available today.  But
then I create a large burden on myself to support that custom
distribution to other users.  What might be fine for me locally might
be a disaster as a general thing.  If I can't support them properly
then it is not fair to them.  But some people do an excellent job of
this.  Look at KNOPPIX for example.  I however am not inclined to do
that much work.  But locally across all of my machines using rpm to
manage my custom packages is a useful thing to do.

Bob