Re: directory to store TLE files

[Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com>]

On Feb 17, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Rafael Skodlar wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:33:57PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
> > On Feb 17, 2004, at 11:14 AM, Jeffrey Austen wrote:
> >
> > > Good idea. However since /usr is supposed to contain read-only data
> > > how can the TLE be updated (except by root)? It seems like /var might
> > > be better but there is no place under /var that really fits this type
> > > of data. The closest thing I see is /var/lib but that is not a great
> > > match to this type of data.
> >
> > Just going by what I see in other packaged software, it appears that
> > mysql and postgresql use /var/lib also.  If that's not correct, then
> > two very large database packages are wrong.  ;-)
>
> It depends on your definition of wrong but it's very likely they are
> wrong.
<snipped long discussion about the use of /var/lib>

I only used it as an example of where things are today.  Discussion 
about moving those applications should be taken up on debian-devel.  
And probably has been before.  Have fun.

IANAD.  (I am not a developer.)  I am just an observer, in this case.

Meanwhile, "When in Rome..."

Nate Duehr, nate@natetech.com - WY0X