From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Oct 1 02:32:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA17978 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:32:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vader.cs.berkeley.edu (vader.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.38.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA17973 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:32:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu) Received: from silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (sji-ca3-60.ix.netcom.com [209.109.233.60]) by vader.cs.berkeley.edu (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA07211; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.hip.berkeley.edu (8.8.8/8.6.9) id CAA26386; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 02:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810010931.CAA26386@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> To: grog@lemis.com CC: ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <19981001183952.C24146@freebie.lemis.com> (message from Greg Lehey on Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:39:52 +0930) Subject: Re: emacs lock files From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * From: Greg Lehey * > Right now, we have * > * > emacs: /usr/local/com/emacs/lock * > mule: /usr/local/com/mule/lock * > xemacs: /var/run/xemacs/lock * > * > Is there a reason why they can't all share one directory? I don't * > know about xemacs, but emacs/mule just have PID's in there so they * > should be interchangable. * * Excellent idea. Glad to hear you agree. :) * > If we can standardize them, I propose /var/run/emacs/lock. * * I'd prefer /var/emacs/lock, No, it should be under /var/run. That's exactly where it belongs (man 7 hier). * but since xemacs already uses * /var/run/emacs/lock, it at least sounds like the best choice. Well, xemacs actually uses /var/run/*xemacs*/lock but I didn't think we should standardize on *that*. ;) Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message