config file in /usr

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 09:11 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 09:40 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> >> I'm not sure what to do with this rpm error.
> >>
> >> I'm looking at packaging pinot, part of xapian search.
> >>
> >> Builds OK, but rpmlint says:
> >> E: pinot-omega 
> >> file-in-usr-marked-as-conffile /usr/share/pinot/engines/OmegaDescription.xml
> >>
> >> According to the author, this could be user-editable
> > => Must be below /etc
> 
> I'd say, SHOULD, if reaonably possible, to be FHS-friendly.

/usr is supposed to be mountable readonly => MUST

/usr/share can network mounted ("share") => MUST

> Simple-stoopid implementation would to move said file (or directory) to
> somewhere under /etc, then symlink the old location to the new.

Yep, this is a "stupid work-around", but should be applicable.

Ralf