[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#409335: cupsys: packages must not ship directories under /usr/local

[Steve Langasek]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:23:19AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> > The change requested in 408154 is a policy violation.  Packages are not
> > allowed to ship any directories under the /usr/local heirarchy; they must be
> > created in the postinst and removed in the prerm.

> > This bug now blocks getting the fix for RC bug 403703 into etch, so please
> > revert the change.

> Instead of just reverting, you could also apply this simple patch:

> diff -Nur cupsys-1.2.7.old/debian/changelog cupsys-1.2.7/debian/changelog
> --- cupsys-1.2.7.old/debian/changelog	2007-02-02 09:21:21.000000000 +0100
> +++ cupsys-1.2.7/debian/changelog	2007-02-02 08:39:25.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
> +cupsys (1.2.7-4~1) unstable; urgency=low

> +  * Use dh_usrlocal to install files in /usr/local in the maintainer
> +    scripts, instead of shipping them in the deb

Ah, I didn't know that one existed, cool.  Yes, that should be ok for etch.

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