Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:42:32 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Move /usr/sup to /var/db/sup? Message-ID: <20040521194231.GA22816@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20040521193605.GA8246@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20040521193605.GA8246@blossom.cjclark.org>
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--liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > Of course, there is one big reason not to change it, because it would > be a change. >=20 > 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. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFArlunXY6L6fI4GtQRAi9IAJ9Kas1YehLIg+jiBKxoIKS0K7/9XQCgjlgC Li3+tNYoMlYHK/a9sS42vBQ= =1I6l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr--
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