Core packages are using %config for files being installed under /usr
Laurent Rineau
laurent.rineau__fedora_extras at normalesup.org
Fri Mar 2 07:43:19 UTC 2007
On Friday 02 March 2007 04:32:13 Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > "/usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is
> > shareable, read-only data.
>
> At one point in time, at "use-time".
>
> This doesn't mean the data on /usr is inaccessible to a maintainer, nor
> does this mean /usr to be "vendor-exclusive", nor does this mean /usr
> not to be customizable.
I agree with Ralf. A read-only filesystem is not read-only for the system
administrator: it can be turned read-write during administration stages, for
upgrades and configurations.
Axel, do you agree with that? What is *really* your rational against %config
in /usr?
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