[PATCH] debian: package ruby bindings

David Bremner bremner at debian.org
Mon Apr 15 03:24:52 PDT 2013


Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras at gmail.com> writes:
>> The package is still installing files into /usr/local, which is a
>> violation of debian policy 9.1.2
>>
>> It's a good idea to run "lintian" on the resulting debian packages;
>> that's how I caught the problem with /usr/local.
>
> Tell that to debian maintainers who configure ruby that way:

[ ruby config deleted ]

I don't know if there is a bug in the Debian ruby package or not, but
that does not change whether our package is allowed to install into
/usr/local.  I suspect the argument is that those defaults are sensible
for admins installing ruby packages on their own systems without using
the debian package system.


> So, the changes I propose are:

the changes look sensible, but I suppose it still installs into
/usr/local?

d


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