Re: /var/www

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:03:26PM -0700, Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
> I've got a package that would like to place files in /var/www.

Note that the admin can (and probably will) set his website root directory
to point to someplace else, so you should provide a README.Debian file
explaining how your package installed its web stuff if it's not easy to
move it from /var/www.

> However, I believe debian uses localstatedir=/var/state.
> Should I just use localstatedir=/var?

I think $localstatedir autoconf variable is supposed to be /var on Debian
systems. Its name does sound like it's describing /var/state, but that
directory isn't in the filesystem hierarchy standard (anymore).

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