Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-checks.d: Add a check for Gentoo path policies (FHS-y)

[Michał Górny]

On Tue, 2018-09-04 at 13:24 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, 04 Sep 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
> > +	# toplevel directories which can be installed to by ebuilds
> > +	# /home is not included as no ebuilds should install files there
> > +	local allowed_paths_toplevel=(
> > +		"${allowed_common_dirs[@]}"
> > +		boot dev etc opt srv usr var
> > +		# TODO: do we need it? gconf installs empty dir there but that's
> > +		# all
> > +		root
> > +	)
>
> Does any package actually install files in /srv? (GLEP 20 suggested
> that, but it wasn't accepted.)

Not that I know of.  I added it just in case.

>
> > +	# directories in /usr which can be installed to by ebuilds
> > +	local allowed_paths_usr=(
> > +		"${allowed_common_dirs[@]}"
> > +		include libexec share src
> > +		# toolchain stuff
> > +		"${CHOST}" "${CTARGET}"
> > +	)
>
> Maybe add a comment that you've deliberately omitted games?
>

It wasn't deliberate -- I've simply forgotten about that subtree.  But I
suppose it makes sense not to allow it now, so I'll do that.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny