should not install anything into /usr/local

Binary package hint: python3.1

This is a duplicate of bug 446004 but since that was closed invalid and closed bugs rarely get any further attention despite new comments being added I am opening a new bug.

I disagree with the assessment in bug 446004. Packages should not be touching /usr/local in any manner whatsoever, whether it be adding files or directories. /usr/local on my system, as it appears to be on kristian's system is NFS mounted and R/O because the consumers (i.e. the users) of that filesystem are not permitted to write into it. It is _site-local_ and OFF-LIMITS for system packages.

Please correct this behavior, or at least make the package not fail and be a broken installation on systems that operate /usr/local in a manner that is consistent with what /usr/local is and that's _site-local_.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 25 08:15:33 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python3.1-minimal 3.1.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-10.12-generic
SourcePackage: python3.1
Title: package python3.1-minimal 3.1.1-0ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-10-generic i686