> Mario Blättermann wrote: >> Am 16.07.2011 21:06, schrieb Siem Korteweg: >> > Why is it not permitted for packages to install files in /opt while >> that >> > is allright according to the FHS and Fedora follows FHS? >> >> FHS says in the first sentence: >> >> »/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software >> packages.« >> >> Installation in /opt is unusual in Fedora, but permitted as far as I >> know. Is SCC an »add-on software«? > > As I understand it, "add-on" refers to software that is not installed as a > Fedora package, that is a tarball or some other kind of package that you > download from a third-party website. That's what the generic SCC package > is. > Although it's distributed as an RPM package in this case, it's not a > Fedora > package, so it belongs in /opt. > > When you package SCC for Fedora it becomes a part of Fedora and is no > longer > an "add-on", so then its files shall be placed in /usr/bin, /etc/scc and > /var/lib/scc (not /var/scc). > > Björn Persson > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging Well, only /srv is expressly forbidden: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_Files_or_Directories_under_.2Fsrv But my interpretation of the relevant section of the FHS is that the only things in /opt should be things that are totally self contained, as things like Skype and other binary-only things tend to be (static linking, etc). So, I'd stay out of /opt. -J -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
