RPM Fusion, kmods, and FHS

Nicolas Chauvet kwizart at gmail.com
Mon Jun 4 14:02:18 CEST 2012


2012/6/4 Michel Alexandre Salim <salimma at fedoraproject.org>:
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> Hi,
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> How strictly does RPM Fusion adhere to Fedora packaging guidelines?
> There have been exemptions made for certain packages that have no
> legal issues but are precluded from distribution in Fedora for
> technical reasons -- e.g. kernel modules. Would a similar deviation be
> allowed for a package that creates one directory outside the FHS
> hierarchy?

Hi,

Is it possible to solve the problem using a symlink from /nix/storage
to the appropriate directory ?
pre-built binaries would still use /nix/storage but will at the end
located in /var/nix/storage for example.

Does that would work with their package system ?

Nicolas (kwizart)


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