Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
Without providing an answer to your more complex
"conditional dependency" problem, you might consider
letting the FHS guide you on placement of files...
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/:
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/opt : Add-on application software packages
Purpose
/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software
packages.
A package to be installed in /opt must locate its static files in a
separate /
opt/<package> or /opt/<provider> directory tree, where <package> is a
name that
describes the software package and <provider> is the provider's LANANA
registered name.
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In other words, either carve out one directory per product
under /opt, or register your company name as a provider-name
and use that directory in /opt as you choose.
But the FHS forbids the system vendor from putting anything in /opt.
And rpmlint seems to assume that anything
packaged as an RPM is "from the system vendor".
rpmlint gives me hell if I run it on an rpm that installs under /opt.
It's much, much happier if I change the package to install under /usr.
So is rpmlint wrong here?
