Re: Debian, Linux, the FSSTND, the FHS and BSD
Ian Jackson writes:
> The latest draft FHS, which they may well publish as it stands, makes
> the following changes with which I have very strong disagreements:
> * The mail spool, /var/spool/mail, is moved to /var/mail.
> * /var/lib is renamed to /var/state (yes, all of it).
> * /var/lib/games is moved to /var/games.
I don't like either of these and IMO we shouldn't change. At least not in
the near future.
> * A new directory /usr/libexec is created to hold command binaries
> used only internally by programs - these are to be moved from
> /usr/lib and in some cases /usr/sbin. Oddly there is no
> corresponding /libexec directory.
Sounds like a good idea for me. Since you once lobbied for this dir, why
don't you like it now?
> The two good changes that I see are (and they are not minor):
> * /usr/share exists and is defined.
> * /opt exists and is defined.
Sounds okay, too.
Couldn't we make only the changes we like?
Michael
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