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

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Thu Mar 1 22:05:50 UTC 2007


On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 08:36:06PM +0100, Laurent Rineau wrote:
> On Thursday 01 March 2007 14:30:57 Axel Thimm wrote:
> > Anyway personally I only care about removing %config from /usr, any
> > solution will do.
> 
> Can you explain your rational against %config files in /usr?

 "/usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is
 shareable, read-only data. That means that /usr should be shareable
 between various FHS-compliant hosts and must not be written to. Any
 information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored
 elsewhere."
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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