netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2] Makefile: use /usr/share/iproute2 for config files

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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:14:34 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2] Makefile: use /usr/share/iproute2 for config
 files

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 06:25:35PM +0100, Andrea Claudi wrote:
> According to FHS:
> 
> "/usr/lib includes object files and libraries. On some systems, it may
> also include internal binaries that are not intended to be executed
> directly by users or shell scripts."
> 
> A better directory to store config files is /usr/share:
> 
> "The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture independent
> data files.
> 
> This hierarchy is intended to be shareable among all architecture
> platforms of a given OS; thus, for example, a site with i386, Alpha, and
> PPC platforms might maintain a single /usr/share directory that is
> centrally-mounted."
> 
> Accordingly, move configuration files to $(DATADIR)/iproute2.
> 
> Fixes: 946753a4459b ("Makefile: ensure CONF_USR_DIR honours the libdir config")
> Reported-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>