From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 14:39:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F04016A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:39:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AE8743D45 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:39:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cristjc@comcast.net) Received: from blossom.cjclark.org (c-24-6-187-112.client.comcast.net[24.6.187.112]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004052121394601600966s6e>; Fri, 21 May 2004 21:39:47 +0000 Received: from blossom.cjclark.org (localhost. [127.0.0.1]) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4LLdj8B008718; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:39:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cristjc@comcast.net) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i4LLdilN008717; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:39:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cristjc@comcast.net) X-Authentication-Warning: blossom.cjclark.org: cjc set sender to cristjc@comcast.net using -f Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:39:44 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Brooks Davis Message-ID: <20040521213944.GB8246@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20040521193605.GA8246@blossom.cjclark.org> <20040521194231.GA22816@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040521194231.GA22816@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Move /usr/sup to /var/db/sup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 21:39:48 -0000 On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:42:32PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:36:05PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > Just a minor thing, but I would think[0] most people would agree that > > /var/db/sup is a much more logical place for the CVSup "base" directory > > than /usr/sup. Yes, it doesn't take up much space on /usr, but for > > those who don't want to write to /usr[1] too much or mount /usr read- > > only, it's an irritant. > > > > Of course, there is one big reason not to change it, because it would > > be a change. > > > > Personally, I don't think it will be disruptive to make changes to the > > example files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. People who already have > > /usr/sup populated are using their own localized versions of these > > files, so the change won't affect them (not that losing the "sup" > > directory is that big of a deal). A person starting with a copy of > > one of the examples is probably starting a fresh CVSup and will be > > creating a new sup dir anyway. > > This seems reasionable. If you're going to do it, I suggest adding > /var/db/sup to the appropriate mtree file so it always exists. That > way people who blindly copy their supfiles to /usr/sup will still get > something that works and their finger memory won't be broken. Hmmm... /usr/sup is not in BSD.mtree.usr. I believe cvsup(1) creates it when it does not exist. Are you saying we should add it to BSD.mtree.var even though we don't create /usr/sup? Or are you saying to create /var/db/sup and make a symlink in /usr to it? -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org