From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Dec 20 14:12:54 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBB7E8B43F for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:12:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x243.google.com (mail-it0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D7A6E6EE72 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:12:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x243.google.com with SMTP id t1so6865763ite.5 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 06:12:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=FGm1KAqLW0rhITHfV/vdKbXl7szaV0jEavE1lT61zfo=; b=NDI16e2iVHQ+wdmC/dxAT7osx53Cu/Eg1ro2tlEWfjj397Kc10NZive144H4NFbHb8 2Z2JaZLkXso8MxZCGf5jVKDzRWivP8uBMvTlEqLJTXLGDWtH0e5rFciEcnXfaG7Dbpw2 KBC+WC1E4BAsNs0sCECgnZT+DFZtlgu4z755glbIaDtOtGR79cWwWghNONsrmDHkedgB J7Wo5f6UCs7a0RN6e/qDGr4C6rtxnV+EGi5OqLYhyoyOpGO9FNcUxIesGjiAbWJ0Myz1 p43papj3N8+bKuR6fZNl7YgU1sK23HiFBCJH9gXwxrDLdwUh4s4W7fp9//MbVt0f26sf WssA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=FGm1KAqLW0rhITHfV/vdKbXl7szaV0jEavE1lT61zfo=; b=YYrsG0+LqZaZfMoxKnP1f0ymkskVfrxRCCKSOWKs3+evmj3LFC+MCMkl0QcRU8kfEU 7qWX76vCx1eW/P9JR+L6jOkWs7cF0BqsbRG5urOoea9NWxXEvMxs9DsJ66IZi4At/UqX RAPrm6+9kvTvx+l+P+hIsaaZtC6QPdZhVOSFbGVwFjJTs45J7CNGFzf06XkDnetHiaBp BMoq5Set3a7m2UyvdC0qrtm9f2ZqTfEOlnB0MRV1FSR1rJtNEMfKlhwk955POVodIC4b wnc9RxWwcX9Wj0+9ucvdjsXHqCtaDLNP00VJmgKmlLHNf/hWCWg/EXS4WmHlglClMyPo iNUg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mIxkLdhpVPxv2/pJqaCyEwIa3fovwX7fpGe26sDMREK4F14AfuW buk+ChplPJsP+16vt7BAZO8O7gwE/ehyDYHKMdw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBounxeu3bNwcATmcUcsIn9eA8bEF/EMm6aUokQOZRFwUw/mX9i1RQcYroNdaRH2VVspZ7Rxo3bF+RP6z6lMsdDo= X-Received: by 10.36.39.8 with SMTP id g8mr8563710ita.42.1513779173168; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 06:12:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.180.34 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 06:12:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20171216200959.GA97697@wstan> References: <20171216094058.GA37778@wstan> <5A351515.1080805@quip.cz> <20171216135919.GA17551@wstan> <5A352BA5.9070403@quip.cz> <20171216170411.GA85559@wstan> <20171216185317.GA87289@wstan> <20171216200959.GA97697@wstan> From: Adam Vande More Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:12:52 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Setting system user home directory To: Dmytro Bilokha Cc: Kevin Oberman , Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:12:54 -0000 On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Dmytro Bilokha wrote: > Guys, thanks for your help. I've managed to adjust user's homedir > using pkg-install script. Now I'll try to move everything writable > from /usr/local to /var (as Miroslav suggested), test and submit the new > port version. I think you should do what makes sense for your application. The /var/db stuff is not a hard fast rule and it doesn't work well for many situations. Also it's mostly system related DB's that live there. It's not only some java related ports that live mostly under /usr but also things like postgres(at least used to). IMO, as long as you're not flagrantly violating hier(7), do what is best for your port. -- Adam