On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:29:39PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > I just tried to give some advise about proper placement of database > files in a Debian package and I was sure I could simply link to the > relevant paragraph in policy but there is none. Is the usage of > /var/lib/<pkgname> just a reasonable habit which is shared by > postgresql, mysql and probably others and I could for instance invent > a directory > /var/my_super_duper_database > and keep the data there? I do not actually intend to do so, but > shouldn't this be fixed somewhere in the policy. FHS[1] is not > giving any explicite advise here and so we can not relay on the > predefinition there and thus should rather make our own. > Or did I missed something? "Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some system-wide implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing list." <http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY> -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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