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

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 09:12 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le Ven 2 mars 2007 08:43, Laurent Rineau a écrit :
> > 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.
> 
> read-only means hardware read-only in some cases.
> That means anything the admin must be able to change has no place there
At run-time, yes. But it doesn't mean at "admin-time or installation
time" and it also doesn't mean he must change something.

The classical use for such situations is a "minimal installation" using
a network mounted /usr from a master machine.

> Therefore any %config in /usr is very optionnal stuff. The value of
> allowing %config in /usr over making clear one should not depend on a rw
> /usr can be debated.
You could not be much wronger.

Ralf