Re: Bug#42052: PROPOSAL] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On 28 Jul 1999, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote:

> >>>>> Joseph Carter writes:
> [...]
> 
>  JC> I propose that we create a safe migration path between
>  JC> /var/spool/mail and /var/mail.
> 
> I second this proposal.
> 
> FWIW, I was hoping that an identical solution would be proposed for
> /usr/doc vs. /usr/share/doc, but the catch is that several packages
> have already moved to /usr/share/doc.  Perhaps if we could get them to
> declare dependencies on a newer base-files, we could solve the problem
> without too much sludge.

Please, note that there is a BIG difference:

* No package install files directly under /var/spool/mail.
* Every package install files in /usr/doc/<package>.

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