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The FHS is explicitly handing control of the directory structure under <code>/srv</code> to the system administrator rather than the distribution. Therefore, no Fedora packages can have any files or directories under <code>/srv</code> | The FHS is explicitly handing control of the directory structure under <code>/srv</code> to the system administrator rather than the distribution. Therefore, no Fedora packages can have any files or directories under <code>/srv</code>, come preconfigured to use specific files or directories under <code>/srv</code>, to remove files there, or to modify the files there in any way. | ||
In addition, no Fedora package can have any files or directories under <code>/opt</code> or <code>/usr/local</code>, as these directories are not permitted to be used by Distributions in the FHS. | In addition, no Fedora package can have any files or directories under <code>/opt</code> or <code>/usr/local</code>, as these directories are not permitted to be used by Distributions in the FHS. | ||
It is important to note that a Fedora package, once installed and configured by a user, can use <code>/srv</code> as a location for data. The package simply must not do this out of the box | It is important to note that a Fedora package, once installed and configured by a user, can use <code>/srv</code> as a location for data. The package simply must not do this out of the box | ||
=== Limited usage of /opt === | |||
[[Category:Packaging guidelines draft]] | [[Category:Packaging guidelines draft]] | ||
Revision as of 11:56, 8 August 2014
This page is a draft only
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on the information on this page. This is an update to the existing guidelines on /srv, /opt, and /usr/local
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on the information on this page. This is an update to the existing guidelines on /srv, /opt, and /usr/local
Changes:
- Clarify that we mean modifications of any type (adding files, modifying files, removing files, etc)
- Add /home directories
- Add a different section for /opt that explains its use in Fedora.
No Files or Directories under /srv, /opt, or /usr/local
The FHS says :
"...no program should rely on a specific subdirectory structure of /srv existing or data necessarily being stored in /srv. However /srv should always exist on FHS compliant systems and should be used as the default location for such data. Distributions must take care not to remove locally placed files in these directories without administrator permission."
The FHS is explicitly handing control of the directory structure under /srv to the system administrator rather than the distribution. Therefore, no Fedora packages can have any files or directories under /srv, come preconfigured to use specific files or directories under /srv, to remove files there, or to modify the files there in any way.
In addition, no Fedora package can have any files or directories under /opt or /usr/local, as these directories are not permitted to be used by Distributions in the FHS.
It is important to note that a Fedora package, once installed and configured by a user, can use /srv as a location for data. The package simply must not do this out of the box