Lintian tag: non-standard-dir-in-var

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The FHS says "Applications should generally not add directories to the top
level of /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some
system-wide implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing list."

Please refer to The /var Hierarchy (Chapter 5) in the Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard for details.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: files/hierarchy/standard

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
ax25mail-utils 0.15-1 ax25mail-utils/0.15-1+b1 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 8 [var/ax25/]
ax25mail-utils 0.15-1 ax25mail-utils/0.15-1+b2 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 1 [var/ax25/]
ax25-tools 0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-3 ax25-tools/0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-3 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 9 [var/ax25/]
fbb 7.011-3 fbb/7.011-3 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 7 [var/ax25/]
fbb 7.011-3 fbb/7.011-3+b1 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 2 [var/ax25/]
ikiwiki-hosting 0.20220717-2 ikiwiki-hosting-web/0.20220717-2 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 9 [var/backups/]
pachi 1:1.0-15 pachi/1:1.0-15 error non-standard-dir-in-var 9 [var/lib/games/pachi/data/]
pachi 1:1.0-15 pachi/1:1.0-15 error non-standard-dir-in-var 9 [var/lib/games/pachi/]
smartlist 3.15-27 smartlist/3.15-27 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 9 [var/list/]
snapd 2.68.3-2 snapd/2.68.3-2+b4 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 1 [var/snap/]
snapd 2.68.3-2 snapd/2.68.3-2+b5 overridden non-standard-dir-in-var 7 [var/snap/]