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Bug#485559: Location of tftpd folder



also sprach Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be> [2009.10.26.1726 +0100]:
> > fwiw, using /srv/tftp as tftp server root directory is FHS conformant.
> 
> I don't agree, but...

Why not? That is precisely what /srv is for.

> > tftpd and tftpd-hpa default for this in unstable now, leaving aftpd
> > being the only one missing. would be nice if aftpd would just adapt.
> > creating a policy entry about it when there are three packages in total
> > implementing it, looks a bit overengineered for me (gain vs.
> > administrative overhead). but that's probably just me :)
> 
> There might be an easy way to handle the situation. The policy could be
> worded as:
> 
> * The /var/lib/tftpboot is the logical location for tftpd server root
>   directory. It can be a directory or symlink to a directory elsewhere.

I don't consider /var/lib logical *at all*.

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