Bug#525547: installs gconf-2.m4 with broken GCONF_SCHEMA_FILE_DIR

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 02:28:15PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> reopen 525547
> thanks
> 
> Don't close valid bugs.  If you refuse to fix them, there's a tag for you
> to indicate that.
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 02:10:09PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Le samedi 25 avril 2009 à 11:48 +0000, Robert Millan a écrit :
> > > This package installs /usr/share/aclocal/gconf-2.m4 whose GCONF_SCHEMA_FILE_DIR
> > > definition ($(sysconfdir)/gconf/schemas) propagates to aclocal.m4 files,
> > > resulting in gconf schema files being installed to /etc, which lintian is not
> > > happy with:
> > > 
> > > W: gnote: package-installs-into-etc-gconf-schemas etc/gconf/schemas/gnote.schemas
> > > N: 
> > > N:    The package installs files into the /etc/gconf/schemas directory. No
> > > N:    package should do this; this directory is reserved for local overrides.
> > > N:    Instead, schemas should be installed into /usr/share/gconf/schemas.
> > > N:    
> > > N:    Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
> > 
> > We do not change the upstream m4 files for this. Just use dh_gconf, or,
> > if you like Manoj-like packages, move them by hand and add the calls to
> > gconf-schemas.
> 
> It doesn't seem reasonable that everyone else has to go our of their way to
> work around a bug in your gconf-2.m4.  Why is it a problem to apply the
> patch there instead of:

I gave it some thought;  I'm guessing you intend gconf-2.m4 to be usable for
upstream developers rather than for debian packages?

If this is so, I'll try to get cdbs use --with-gconf-schema-file-dir and be
done with it (I couldn't care less about problems with non-cdbs packaging).

Anyway, I'm just guessing since you haven't told me.  I'm still waiting for
an explanation.

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