/usr/lib/debug ownership

Till Maas opensource at till.name
Fri Feb 15 18:51:49 UTC 2013


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 01:03:50PM +0100, Alec Leamas wrote:

> Thanks for reply... Still, I'm puzzled about 45 packages owning
> /usr/lib/debug, none of them the filesystem package. This looks
> weird, although I don't grasp the consequences (if any).
> 
> A normal review rule says that a package should not own a directory
> owned by another package. Does this apply to /usr/lib/debug (as well
> as /usr/src/debug, used occasionally)? If so, who is the "rightful"
> owner of these directories?
> 
> Still confused, but on a higher level...

If you file a bug against filesystem, it will probably be included. Then
the other packages can be fixed to not own it.

Regards
Till


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