Bug#1656: etc/ntp.drift should be somewhere in /var (FSSTND)
Marek Michalkiewicz writes:
>
> Andrew Howell:
> > There is already a /var/log/ntpstats directory, but I don't think it's
> > really the right place for it, it's not really a log file. Unless someone
> > really objects I think I'll just leave it in /etc
>
> According to fsstnd-1.2, "application state information" (I think ntp.drift
> is such a file) belongs in /var/lib. So I suggest /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> or something like this. I don't really object to /etc but we are supposed
> to conform to fsstnd...
Okay I've done this in xntp-3.4x-2
Andrew
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