Re: from / to /usr/: a summary
On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 at 20:20:42 +0000, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
> Enrico Weigelt, 2011-12-31 03:55+0100:
> > IMHO this is completely wrong, those files should be under
> > /usr/lib/... or maybe even /usr/share/... as they're not
> > dynamic data.
>
> Well, when people install new plugins or new themes, they get installed
> on the same directory, so I decided that it was less surprising to have
> packaged files that people will not touch under /var than to have user
> files under /usr.
Roundcube seems to be in a similar situation. In Debian, it installs to
/etc and /usr (as appropriate for each file) but sets its "home path" to
/var/something, then populates /var/something with a symlink farm. That
might be a useful solution here?
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