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From: Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman storage location (again)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:39:18
Message-Id: 4B53AD84.7020100@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman storage location (again) by Thilo Bangert
1 On 01/17/10 21:31, Thilo Bangert wrote:
2 > /var/layman i dislike due to this sentence in the FHS:
3 >
4 > "Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of
5 > /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some system-wide
6 > implication[...]"
7
8 isn't a package tree somehow having "system-wide implications"?
9 i'm not really sure about /var/db - doesn't seem to be in FHS.
10 is a package tree a database?
11
12 current ranking through my eyes:
13
14 1) /var/layman con: adds folder to /var, maybe should not
15 2) /var/db/layman con: you tell me
16 3) /var/lib/layman con: not really /var/lib-style data
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20 sebastian

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman storage location (again) Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman storage location (again) Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o>