[Mageia-dev] Over-zealous rpmlint policy (rejecting rt)

Thu Jan 12 10:12:04 CET 2012

I am trying to get rt (3.8.11) into the distro (a package that I am using on a 
+different distro in a production environment), to be followed up with the rt 
+(4.0.4) I have queued (which I am testing in preparation for upgrading our 
+production environment).
+
+I would really like to get this package into the distro, but it is being 
+rejected 
+(http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/uploads/rejected//cauldron/core/release/20120110140334.buchan.valstar.18287.youri) 
+due to:
+
+Submission errors, aborting:
+- rt-3.8.11-1.mga2.noarch:
+ - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/plugins
+ - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt
+ - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/po
+ - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/lib
+ - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/etc/rt
+ - dir-or-file-in-usr-local /usr/local/lib/rt/html
+
+The documented way for extending RT is by installing files in this location. 
+We can either:
+1)Make it more difficult for users to extend RT with local plugins etc.
+2)Fix rpmlint
+3)Not have RT
+
+misc, you have experience of both rt and rpmlint, can you provide an opinion?
+
+Would it be possible to separate 'dir-or-file-usr-local' into separate rules 
+(one for files, one for dirs)? While I agree we shouldn't ship files in 
+/usr/local, I don't see why we shouldn't ship dirs in /usr/local ...
+
+
+Regards,
+Buchan
+