Re: tetex-base: /usr/share/doc/texmf/mkhtml{,.nawk}
On 30-Apr-2002 Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:58:27PM -0700, C.M. Connelly wrote:
>> JG> I'm not totally sure why we would have to move them: they
>> JG> are private scripts which affect only files in
>> JG> /usr/share/doc/texmf and its subdirectories. As long as
>> JG> the programs which call these scripts are robust if
>> JG> /usr/share/doc/texmf (or even /usr/share/doc) does not
>> JG> exist, where is the problem?
>>
>> Sean Perry seems to believe there's a Policy violation here:
>> [...]
>> I can't find a specific statement in the Policy Manual that says
>> you cannot have executables in /usr/share/doc, although it does
>> seem like a sensible thing.
>
> Neither can I. And in this particular case, I don't see where the
> problem is, as long as nothing fails if /usr/share/doc doesn't exist.
>
<quote>
Files in /usr/share/doc should not be referenced by any program, and the system
administrator should be able to delete them without causing any programs to
break. Any files that are referenced by programs but are also useful as
standalone documentation should be installed under /usr/share/package/ with
symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/package/.
</quote>
This coupled with the FHS definitions of /usr/share and /usr/share/doc.
ANYTHING in /usr/share should be NFS mountable and thus viewable by any machine
on the network. It should not be used as a storage for programs.
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