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From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>
To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r362545 - in head: . games/bsdgames
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* Adam Weinberger (adamw@FreeBSD.org) wrote:

> Author: adamw
> Date: Tue Jul 22 14:45:40 2014
> New Revision: 362545
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/362545
> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r362545/
> 
> Log:
>   Update to 3.8.1. Along with this, savegame data is now in
>   /usr/local/var/games instead of /var/games. This was necessary
>   because @sample cannot operate outside of %%PREFIX%%, and
>   previously the port would overwrite or remove previously
>   saved games. This is easier, better and more hier(7)ful.

I advice to revert this.

This is not hier(7)ful as there's no var neither under /usr nor under
/usr/local.

This is not better, as you should expect /usr/local to be mounted
read-only along with /usr, so changing data should only reside under
/var.

If @sample doesn't do the thing, just don't use it, do not invent hacks.
It's broken in many ways and I've planned to start discussion on that.

See games/pachi, games/kobodeluxe, games/mirrormagic, games/powermanga
as an example of how shared highscores/savegames may be handled.

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