Ubuntu
nginx package

  1. Bug #547267
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 547267

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Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield) wrote : Re: nginx should not install into /var/www/nginx-default (Debian policy)

According to the debian policy, it is acceptable to place basic web files in /var/www because of it's nature.

http://lintian.debian.org/tags/dir-or-file-in-var-www.html
"""As an exception, packages are permitted to create the /var/www directory due to its past history as the default document root, but should at most copy over a default file in postinst for a new install. In this case, please add a Lintian override."""

In my opinion, these files should exist. It offers the ability to install Nginx and verify that it's working without doing any changes to the system.

If we want to be pedantic about this bug, this we could instead of pointing the default website at /var/nginx-default, we could point it at /usr/share/nginx/nginx-default. This may be the best option because it would 1) obey the policy 2) allow the benefits of having a default website.