Hi! FHS should make clear whether the dirs under /var/cache can be deleted or not. The FHS, section 5.2, says: [...] /var/cache is intended for cached data [...] The application must be able to regenerate or restore the data. Unlike /var/spool, the cached files can be deleted without data loss. [...] Now many apps in Debian will choke on *directories* under /var/cache being removed. Matt Zimmerman says to this (in the Bug#241901 thread): > On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 11:50:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > If you read the FHS more closely, you see that it only refers to the > > deletion of _files_ under /var/cache, not directories. Which is right, but: as directory is a special kind of a file, the wording there is ambiguous, or misleading, at least (*I* was mislead). I'd suggest the progs being able to survive the deletion of *anything* under /var/cache, and FHS being worded more clearly. Cheers, Jan. -- ``[A]le vubec si to nezaslouzis, takze ti doporucuju abys pokracoval standardni ... cestou a nasel si nejblizsi oficialni ap.'' -- Lukas Holubicka alias Skrin
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