Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 07:17:09 +0100 (MET) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: news/lib - lib/news ??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961205070744.1688B-100000@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19961204234926.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Satoshi Asami: > > I agree. I propose lib/news, to adhere to the BSD standard. > > Actually, config files should go to etc/news, system executables > > libexec or sbin, and user executables to bin (not news/bin or > > lib/news/bin). > > Well, it depends :-) > > I'd say now, after a few experiences: > > - /usr/local/news/bin binaries > - /usr/local/news/sbin "system" binaries (innd, nnrpd) > - /usr/local/news/lib config. files (inn.conf, newsfeeds, and so on). > - /news spool partition(s) > - /var/news active & history (big files) > > YMMV. I'd second to keep things as they are. inn is a relatively complex package. It would be fine, if all of the directories live under a well known place like /usr/local/news. Look, I use the inn-current port as of 1 months ago ... du: /usr/local/news/innd: Permission denied 3556 /usr/local/news/lib 1 /usr/local/news/locks 19 /usr/local/news/bin/control 20 /usr/local/news/bin/rnews 1 /usr/local/news/bin/auth.dir 594 /usr/local/news/bin 4152 /usr/local/news An additional bonus: less work to make the port. The config.data file would then only need some patches. This might be an advantage to keep track of the changes in further developement of inn ... -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<
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