Re: F36 Change: Relocate RPM database to /usr (System-Wide Change proposal)

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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:19 AM Tom Hughes via devel
<devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I don't see how this is FHS compliant, which in turn would make
> it non-compliant with Fedora Packaging Guidelines, namely:
>
>
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_filesystem_layout
>
> The FHS describes /usr here:
>
>    https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04.html#purpose18
>
> as "/usr is shareable, read-only data" which clearly does not
> apply to a database that changes.

In practice it is read-only data, except when software is being
installed or updated. The FHS is a PITA sometimes, but it's not
advocating for systems that can't be updated or changed..

-- 
Chris Murphy
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