Re: script for on-disk configuration file backup
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:01:02AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Matt Zimmerman
>
> | IMO, setserial should be changed to use /var/backups, since that is the
> | FHS-blessed place for such things, and it tends to have more space available
> | than /etc.
>
> ? It is?
>
> [...]
> Several directories are `reserved' in the sense that they should not be
> used arbitrarily by some new application, since they would conflict with
> historical and/or local practice. They are:
>
> /var/backups
Looks like I should have done more than check whether FHS mentions this
directory. Debian's use of it certainly falls within the historical use of
this directory.
> Asking because I'm adopting cfengine, and it includes /var/backups and
> lintian flags that as an error.
What does it use it for, out of curiosity? I thought cfengine made all its
backups to the repository (usually /var/spool/cfengine).
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- mdz
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