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RE: %files directive with relocation in %install
- From: "Wichmann, Mats D" <mats d wichmann intel com>
- To: "RPM Package Manager" <rpm-list redhat com>
- Subject: RE: %files directive with relocation in %install
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:25:21 -0700
>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.
and there's absolutely nothing wrong with this, once you're
willing to take that responsibility!
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