config file in /usr

[lonely wolf]

On 12/06/2006 05:29 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 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.
>   
... might break under SELinux...