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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-January/011404.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-January/011404.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..75b0bf10b --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-January/011404.html @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Over-zealous rpmlint policy (rejecting rt) + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Over-zealous%20rpmlint%20policy%20%28rejecting%20rt%29&In-Reply-To=%3Cjf1vcb%24h3q%241%40dough.gmane.org%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="011299.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="011284.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Over-zealous rpmlint policy (rejecting rt)</H1> + <B>David Walser</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Over-zealous%20rpmlint%20policy%20%28rejecting%20rt%29&In-Reply-To=%3Cjf1vcb%24h3q%241%40dough.gmane.org%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Over-zealous rpmlint policy (rejecting rt)">luigiwalser at yahoo.com + </A><BR> + <I>Mon Jan 16 20:55:55 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011299.html">[Mageia-dev] Over-zealous rpmlint policy (rejecting rt) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011284.html">[Mageia-dev] Existing Cauldron VM users willing to test gnome-boxes? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11404">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11404">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11404">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11404">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Michael Scherer wrote: +><i> Le jeudi 12 janvier 2012 à 11:12 +0200, Buchan Milne a écrit : +</I>>><i> I am trying to get rt (3.8.11) into the distro (a package that I am using on a +</I>>><i> different distro in a production environment), to be followed up with the rt +</I>>><i> (4.0.4) I have queued (which I am testing in preparation for upgrading our +</I>>><i> production environment). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I would really like to get this package into the distro, but it is being +</I>>><i> rejected +</I>>><i> (<A HREF="http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/uploads/rejected//cauldron/core/release/20120110140334.buchan.valstar.18287.youri">http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/uploads/rejected//cauldron/core/release/20120110140334.buchan.valstar.18287.youri</A>) +</I>>><i> due to: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Submission errors, aborting: +</I>>><i> - rt-3.8.11-1.mga2.noarch: +</I>>><i> - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/plugins +</I>>><i> - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt +</I>>><i> - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/po +</I>>><i> - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/lib +</I>>><i> - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc/rt +</I>>><i> - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/html +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> The documented way for extending RT is by installing files in this location. +</I>>><i> We can either: +</I>>><i> 1)Make it more difficult for users to extend RT with local plugins etc. +</I>>><i> 2)Fix rpmlint +</I>>><i> 3)Not have RT +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> misc, you have experience of both rt and rpmlint, can you provide an opinion? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Would it be possible to separate 'dir-or-file-usr-local' into separate rules +</I>>><i> (one for files, one for dirs)? While I agree we shouldn't ship files in +</I>>><i> /usr/local, I don't see why we shouldn't ship dirs in /usr/local ... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> We shouldn't ship directories for the same reason that we shouldn't ship +</I>><i> file, ie FHS. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> See : +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY">http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> More specifically : +</I>><i> "It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is +</I>><i> updated." +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So the question is whether someone who change directory permissions will +</I>><i> see them overwritten or not when the software is updated, and wether +</I>><i> that a FHS violation. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Afaik, rpm would reset the permission ( the same goes for removal of the +</I>><i> directory ). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> See also : +</I>><i> "No other directories, except those listed below, may be in /usr/local +</I>><i> after first installing a FHS-compliant system." +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Again, that's not clear if we can modify it later or not ( ie, is +</I>><i> instaling rt on installation part of "first installing" or not ). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I guess we should get a opinion from FHS/LSB people on this. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In the mean time, I guess the point 1 is the easiest way, it can be +</I>><i> changed later once we clarified FHS (or if we decide that we do not care +</I>><i> about following standards, but that's really something I would like to +</I>><i> avoid ). +</I> +Not to mention there may be installations where /usr/local is NFS shared across a network and having the package manager trying to write +there could cause problems. Maybe another possible solution is to have the software create the needed directory at some point, but don't +have the package itself create or own it. CUPS is already doing this with /usr/local/lib/printdriver and /usr/local/share/ppd (and +equivalents in /opt). + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011299.html">[Mageia-dev] Over-zealous rpmlint policy (rejecting rt) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011284.html">[Mageia-dev] Existing Cauldron VM users willing to test gnome-boxes? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11404">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11404">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11404">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11404">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |