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From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debian: package ruby bindings
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:24:52 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871uact7kb.fsf@zancas.localnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s07KeL4uAChs3KFiqwcsCwWTvni6MzFGzXNeO7=sd6U6Q@mail.gmail.com>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>> The package is still installing files into /usr/local, which is a
>> violation of debian policy 9.1.2
>>
>> It's a good idea to run "lintian" on the resulting debian packages;
>> that's how I caught the problem with /usr/local.
>
> Tell that to debian maintainers who configure ruby that way:

[ ruby config deleted ]

I don't know if there is a bug in the Debian ruby package or not, but
that does not change whether our package is allowed to install into
/usr/local.  I suspect the argument is that those defaults are sensible
for admins installing ruby packages on their own systems without using
the debian package system.


> So, the changes I propose are:

the changes look sensible, but I suppose it still installs into
/usr/local?

d

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-15 10:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-03 23:27 [PATCH] debian: package ruby bindings Felipe Contreras
2013-04-13  4:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-13  6:14   ` Tomi Ollila
2013-04-13  6:49     ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-13 11:35   ` David Bremner
2013-04-13 14:49     ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-13 15:00       ` David Bremner
2013-04-13 15:03         ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-13 15:31           ` David Bremner
2013-04-14 13:52 ` David Bremner
2013-04-15  1:19   ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-15 10:24     ` David Bremner [this message]
2013-04-16 18:38       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-15 10:34     ` David Bremner
2013-04-15 17:13       ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-23 23:35         ` David Bremner
2013-04-24  7:20           ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-28  7:18           ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-29  1:22             ` David Bremner
2013-04-29  5:34               ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-29 10:38                 ` David Bremner
2013-04-29 17:57                   ` Felipe Contreras
2013-04-29 18:16                     ` Carl Worth
2013-04-29 18:30                       ` Felipe Contreras
2017-03-12 16:11 ` David Bremner

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