#451 Changes to the untouchable directory guidelines
Closed: Fixed None Opened 9 years ago by toshio.

The packaging guidelines have a section that lists certain directories that packages should not touch. There's a few things about it that seem to need updating:

  • Clarify that modifications of any type (adding files, modifying files, removing files, etc) are not allowed.
  • Add a different section for /opt that explains its use in Fedora. This is because otherwise this guideline would conflict with the scl guidelines and also addresses the clarifications the LSB has made to me about the meaning of the /opt directory.
  • Add /home/USER directories as another set of directories that packages are not allowed to touch.

Draft: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Toshio/Untouchable_directories

Diff against old version: https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AToshio%2FUntouchable_directories&diff=383750&oldid=383740


Answering this question would also help with this texlive bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128240

This was passed, from http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teams/fpc/fpc.2014-08-14-15.58.txt:

  • Update to untouchable directories (abadger1999, 16:17:27)
  • LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/451 (abadger1999,
    16:17:28)
  • Update to untouchable directories section APPROVED: (+1:5, 0:0,
    -1:0) (abadger1999, 16:23:30)

Guidelines updated. Announcement text:

"""

The guidelines about directories that Fedora packages are not allowed to touc has been updated to:

  • Clarify that modifications of any type (adding files, modifying files, removing files, etc) are not allowed.
  • Add a different section for /opt that explains its use in Fedora. This is because otherwise this guideline would conflict with the scl guidelines and also addresses the clarifications the LSB has made to me about the meaning of the /opt directory.
  • Add /home/USER directories as another set of directories that packages are not allowed to touch.

"""

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