Debian Bug report logs - #840235
Lintian dir-or-file-in-etc-opt should not be 'fatal'

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Steele <steele@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Lintian dir-or-file-in-etc-opt should not be 'fatal'

Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 15:20:25 -0400

Package: ftp.debian.org
thanks

Debian Policy does not support blanket rejects based on the Lintian
dir-or-file-in-etc-opt tag.
The tag should be removed from the "fatal" list at
https://ftp-master.debian.org/static/lintian.tags.

Rationale

The Debian Policy has little to say about opt, except that the FHS
must be followed. There
is a stated ban concerning /usr/local, but nothing specific about opt.

The FHS explicitly states that distributions MAY place files under
/opt (with narrow exceptions
outside of the /etc/opt tree), and that /etc/opt is there to support
such files, as long as the
local admin is given an option to bail.

If circumstances dictate, the Policy does not preclude the use of
files installed under /etc/opt.

Reference - #825820

Message #14 received at 840235@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Luke W Faraone <lfaraone@debian.org>

To: 840235@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Lintian dir-or-file-in-etc-opt should not be 'fatal'

Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:40:06 +0000

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control: tag 840235 + confirmed

On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 15:20:25 -0400 David Steele <steele@debian.org>
wrote:
> Debian Policy does not support blanket rejects based on the Lintian
> dir-or-file-in-etc-opt tag.
> The tag should be removed from the "fatal" list at
> https://ftp-master.debian.org/static/lintian.tags.
> 
> Rationale
> 
> The Debian Policy has little to say about opt, except that the FHS
> must be followed. There
> is a stated ban concerning /usr/local, but nothing specific about opt.
> 
> The FHS explicitly states that distributions MAY place files under
> /opt (with narrow exceptions
> outside of the /etc/opt tree), and that /etc/opt is there to support
> such files, as long as the
> local admin is given an option to bail.

Seems sensible, I support the removal.

Cheers,
Luke Faraone
FTP Assistant

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Message #21 received at 840235-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>

To: 840235-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: done (Move dir-or-file-in-etc-opt to nonfatal (Closes: #840235).)

Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 07:12:19 +0000

This bug was fixed in Git by Joerg Jaspert in commit
b096db2e2e64a39331e7070ec91221fd7bdc6b0c:

Move dir-or-file-in-etc-opt to nonfatal (Closes: #840235).

Signed-off-by: Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@fasolo.debian.org>

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