Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:50:11 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to install data? (boinc) Message-ID: <20040701045011.GB19108@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20040701042730.647FE43D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20040701042730.647FE43D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:27:13PM -0600, Robin Schoonover wrote:
> I need some advice involving installation locations...
>=20
> I've pretty much have boinc ported over, but I want to make sure I'm doing
> the right thing with the default installation location.
>=20
> Currently I have boinc installed into /var/db/boinc to be consistant with
> where setiathome puts its data files (I think I can see the reasoning on
> why /var would be a good place). If you tweak PREFIX you can have boinc be
> installed somewhere else. Also, there is an rcNG script I have written,
> which by default gets installed into ${LOCALBASE}/etc/rc.d/ (also
> tweakable).
>=20
> All the other boinc data lives in /var/db/boinc (so setiathome, or
> seti_boinc as I should probably call it, gets installed to
> /var/db/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu).
>=20
> Should I continue to have it install to the /var partition, or not mess
> with PREFIX and have the default be ${LOCALBASE}?
I believe this is the correct thing to do. You should create the
directory in the pkg-install script and then, if it is empty, delete it
on uninstall (you need to use an @unexec statement).
-- Brooks
--=20
Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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