The FHS /usr song (was: Core packages are using %config for files being installed under /usr)

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 12:11 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 10:47:18PM -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > How exactly do you propose packages should install anything under /usr
> > if its readonlyness is so sacrosanct ? Does it at least occur to you
> > that it cannot be readonly at install time ?
> 
> Please don't be so literate, we already looped twice around the world
> explaining this. If you read it letter by letter and ignore FHS'
> intentions you may indeed logically conclude that /usr would be an
> empty filesystem, but try reading the full context.
> 
> The bottom line is: Don't %config/%config(noreplace) files under /usr.

1. When will you finally understand that rpm's %config has nothing to do
with configurating a system. %config only specifies rpm's behavior upon
handling of backups upon install.

2. When a file-system is read-only, rpm can neither install the files,
nor create backups => The fact a file is marked %config is completely
irrelevant.