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| From | Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#1121644: luanti-server: Add support for /usr/local/ for user provided content |
| Date | 2026-02-01 13:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <MjF3P-eWHB-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <LWzAd-gK13-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <MjDOp-eVYt-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <LWzAd-gK13-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <MjDOp-eVYt-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Sun, 01 Feb 2026 at 12:20:11 +0100, Tobias Frost wrote:
>According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and Debian Policy,
>/usr/local is reserved exclusively for software and data installed by
>the local administrator and must remain outside the scope of Debian
>packages.
I'm with you so far.
>While Debian packages must not install files into /usr/local,
>they also should not define /usr/local as part of their intended runtime
>behaviour or interface.
I don't think that *necessarily* follows? /usr/local/bin is on the PATH by
default, python3.13 looks for locally-installed Python code in
/usr/local/lib/python3.13/dist-packages, every freedesktop.org
specification that involves XDG_DATA_DIRS will look in locations like
/usr/local/share/applications, and so on...
smcv
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Bug#1121644: luanti-server: Add support for /usr/local/ for user provided content Chris Barry <chris@barry.im> - 2025-11-29 21:20 +0100
Bug#1121644: luanti-server: Add support for /usr/local/ for user provided content Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2026-02-01 12:30 +0100
Bug#1121644: luanti-server: Add support for /usr/local/ for user provided content Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2026-02-01 13:50 +0100
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