namcap warnings "File exists in a non-standard directory."

starfry · 2017-09-26 12:05:17

I've just created a PKGBUILD to build package. The namcap output warns of files in a non-standard directory but the locations of files are due to the package design:

$ namcap upnpscan-0.4-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/ChangeLog) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/NEWS) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/AUTHORS) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/INSTALL) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/README) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/COPYING) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: File (usr/doc/upnpscan/TODO) exists in a non-standard directory.
upnpscan W: Dependency included and not needed ('sh')

Is it ok to ignore warnings like these ?

Trilby · 2017-09-26 13:06:07

I'd definitely not ignore those. Those files should not be installed under /usr/doc, they should be in /usr/share/doc.

If you want help implementing that change, you'll need to share what you have so far for the PKGBUILD.

Last edited by Trilby (2017-09-26 13:06:37)

Lone_Wolf · 2017-09-26 13:08:35

Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy wrote:

/usr/doc
The central documentation directory. Documentation is actually located in /usr/share/doc and linked from here.

Arch linux tries to stay close to the FHS, but doesn't adhere to it.

Arch packaging standards wrote:

/usr/share/doc/{pkg} Application documentation

see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … irectories

Change the location of the documentation for this package.
Check if you need to copy the file COPYING to the license folder.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2017-09-26 13:08:58)

starfry · 2017-09-26 13:18:14

Thanks @Trilby, Here is the PKGBUILD that I have:

pkgname=upnpscan       
pkgver=0.4             
pkgrel=1               
pkgdesc="A tool that scans the LAN or a given address range for UPnP capable devices."         
url="http://www.cqure.net/wp/tools/network/upnpscan"                                           
arch=('i686' 'x86_64') 
license=('GPL')        
depends=('sh')         
source=(http://www.cqure.net/tools/${pkgname}-v${pkgver}-src.tgz)                              
sha256sums=('0d41d63efcc9ed15133306d9996ec72a07ddb047552fca0ac417eeb412db045b')                


build() {              
  cd $srcdir/$pkgname  
  ./autogen.sh         
  ./configure --prefix=/usr                    
  make                 
}                      

package() {            
  cd $srcdir/$pkgname  
  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install             
}

Arch Linux

#1 2017-09-26 12:05:17

namcap warnings "File exists in a non-standard directory."

#2 2017-09-26 13:06:07

Re: namcap warnings "File exists in a non-standard directory."

#3 2017-09-26 13:08:35

Re: namcap warnings "File exists in a non-standard directory."

#4 2017-09-26 13:18:14

Re: namcap warnings "File exists in a non-standard directory."

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