FS#541 - Gentoo file manager installs to /usr/etc when it shouldn't

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by LavaPunk (LavaPunk) - Sunday, 14 March 2004, 23:26 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.6 Widget
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

When one namcap's gentoo-0.11.46-1.pkg.tar.gz you recieve these warnings:

gentoo W: File (usr/etc/) exists in a non-standard directory.
gentoo W: File (usr/etc/gentoorc) exists in a non-standard directory.
gentoo W: File (usr/etc/gentoogtkrc) exists in a non-standard directory.
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Closed by  dorphell (dorphell)
Monday, 15 March 2004, 00:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by dorphell (dorphell) - Monday, 15 March 2004, 00:48 GMT
No, it should.

According to FHS standards, programs that install in /usr exclusively such that no other file is located outside /usr may use /usr/etc. (Some exceptions apply but this is not one of them =)

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