Packages MUST NOT place files or directories in the /bin, /sbin, /lib or /lib64 directories

[Miloslav Trmač]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:48:56PM +0000, Petr Pisar wrote:
>> I've just spotted usr-move has been completed.
>> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines#Filesystem_Layout>
>> states:
>>
>> In addition, Fedora packages MUST NOT place files or directories in the
>> /bin, /sbin, /lib or /lib64 directories. Instead, the /usr/bin,
>> /usr/sbin, /usr/lib, and /usr/lib64 directories must be used.

>> Should I file bug against bash, glibc, and other packages? Or should
>> there be a list of exceptions?
>
> .. and no, we don't need a list of exceptions.
>
> Keep it consistent with upstream / common sense / distros that
> didn't make the usrmove mistake.

While I agree with calling this a mistake, just ignoring rules that
one doesn't like will not allow us to build even a barely consistent
distribution.  Filing bugs would be quite appropriate.

That said, I'd love Fedora to be significantly consistent in more
important matters than paths in a spec file that have exactly zero
effect on users in the best case[1].
    Mirek

[1] Note that just moving the files may not be good enough - the
package may need to add an explicit Provides:/non-usr-path and keep it
for an indefinite time.