Re: Bug#2703: apache: wrong location of icons and cgi-bins

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

> Installation of new cgi-bins is similar to installing new binaries,
> is it not?  Even if /usr is mounted read-only, it will have to change
> when new software is installed.

/usr may be truly immutable - it may be mounted from a CD-ROM, and
packages may be pre-installed. The user has to be able to re-configure
if that's the case, which is why some things do belong in /var . In
the case where reconfiguration should be rare, what belongs in /var is
a symbolic link back to /usr .

	Thanks

	Bruce
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