From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 12:36:39 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 CFE4816A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 12:36:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F08143D41 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 12:36:39 -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 (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004052119360701100qhchde>; Fri, 21 May 2004 19:36:07 +0000 Received: from blossom.cjclark.org (localhost. [127.0.0.1]) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4LJa68B008351 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 12:36:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cristjc@comcast.net) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i4LJa5ni008350 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 May 2004 12:36:05 -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 12:36:05 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040521193605.GA8246@blossom.cjclark.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ Subject: Move /usr/sup to /var/db/sup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Crist J. Clark" 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 19:36:39 -0000 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. Anyone have objections to going through the example supfiles with, --- cvs-supfile 4 May 2004 20:03:50 -0000 1.42 +++ cvs-supfile 21 May 2004 19:30:23 -0000 @@ -53 +53 @@ -*default base=/usr +*default base=/var/db [0] But with any seemingly insignificant change like this, there is an excellent chance some people out there do not agree and will be quite vocal about it. [1] Or / if /usr doesn't have its own file system. The same arguments apply. -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org