peter karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se> writes: > [...], as FHS states that spool should be for more > temporary data (this database file will be kept all time when the > conferencing system is installed), however, news keeps its databases in > /var/spool/news, so there's some precedent to use put it there. The default mode of operation for Usenet news is to expire articles after a number of days, so it is appropriate. You can of course configure it to keep articles from some or all groups indefinitely, but that's not the default. /var/spool/texmf is more of a border case. These mf fonts seem to linger there forever (I can't find a cleanup job for these). -- Robbe
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