README for GNU Stow in Debian
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The most common way to use GNU Stow is to install your local packages in
/usr/local/stow/<package-name> and then use the stow command to install
symlinks into /usr/local.  Previous versions of the Debian stow package,
when installed, creates the /usr/local/stow directory as a hint to new
system administrators on where to put things.

Alas, it appears that doing so violates FHS and Debian Policy 9.1.2 (see
bug #528023), so we are not doing that anymore.  Take it upon yourself
to create /usr/local/stow yourself, and everything will be fine again.

 -- Chuan-kai Lin <cklin@debian.org>, Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:13:10 -0700