Re: minicom, /etc and /var/lib/minicom
You (Peter Tobias) wrote:
> Why are minirc.dfl and minicom.users in /var/lib/minicom at all? At least
> minicom.users belongs to the /etc directory. I'm not sure if minicom.dfl
> is more a configuration file (/etc) or a state file (/var/lib/minicom).
>
> PS: I already discussed it with the minicom Debian maintainer. But he
> thinks that /var/lib/minicom is the correct place for both files (and
> closed the existing bug report).
I will take over minicom soon, since I am the author anyway. I have
already released minicom-1.73 since earlier versions had a severe
security problem if they were installed setuid root (which minicom
isn't under Debian). I have moved the config files back to /etc.
minicom-1.73-1.tar.gz, available from sunsite and ftp.cistron.nl
already has the debian.* control files.
> BTW: /var/lib won't be part of the next fsstnd/fhs release.
Really? Where do we put stuff like the history database for news
then if it isn't in /var/lib/news ?
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