#3184: package.conf.d should be under /var, not /usr -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Package | Version: 6.10.2 system | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Type of failure: | Related Tickets: None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Description changed by thomie: Old description:

fhs-2.3 says: {{{ /usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is shareable, read-only data. That means that /usr should be shareable between various FHS-compliant hosts and must not be written to. Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored elsewhere. }}} `package.conf` is not shareable, as different machines may have different packages installed, so we should put it under /var instead.

New description: fhs-2.3 says: {{{ /usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is shareable, read-only data. That means that /usr should be shareable between various FHS-compliant hosts and must not be written to. Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored elsewhere. }}} `package.conf.d` is not shareable, as different machines may have different packages installed, so we should put it under /var instead. -- -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3184#comment:11 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler