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From: Lee Brown <leeb@ratnaling.org>
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Subject: Re: standard locations for port files
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:54 PM, <scratch65535@att.net> wrote:

> [Default] On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:53:27 -0500, Adam Vande More
> <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:41 PM, <scratch65535@att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Why wouldn't  logs be in /usr/local/var/...?  Given that all
> >> other port "stuff" is under /usr/local, what advantage is there
> >> in making logs an exception?
> >>
> >
> >Because logs shouldn't be under /usr.
>
> Why not?  The current location wasn't determined by natural law,
> it was just someone's decision, almost certainly made without
> much thought at all.  It could be re-decided just as easily.
>
>
It's in hier(7)

/usr/      contains the majority of user utilities and applications
/var/      multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files


Within local/, the general layout sketched out by hier for /usr should be
used.