Core packages are using %config for files being installed under /usr

[Chip Coldwell]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Axel Thimm wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:41:23AM -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >  While reviewing some fonts-* packages , I saw files being installed
> > >under /usr are marked as %config in their SPECS as shown below
> > >%config(noreplace) %verify(not md5 size mtime) %{ttfontdir}/fonts.alias
> > ...
> > >How to handle this issue?
> > 
> > IMO, the fonts.alias example is a fair use of %config that's ok in my book.
> 
> But we do want /usr to be "stateless". Although I can see that fixing
> the fonts.alias issues may be non-trivial.

I agree.  Ideally, /usr could be a filesystem mounted read-only.  Somebody 
shoulda told those X11 guys that.

Chip

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