Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0
- To: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
- Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, bmc@visi.net, kragen@pobox.com, tytso@mit.edu, quinlan@transmeta.com, alan@cymru.net, gordon.m.tetlow@vanderbilt.edu, florian@suse.de, hpa@transmeta.com, ewt@redhat.com, fhs-discuss@UCSD.Edu, ajosey@rdg.opengroup.org, lsb-test@linuxbase.org, lsb-spec@linuxbase.org, lsb-spec@lists.linuxbase.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, lsb-test@lists.linuxbase.org
- Subject: Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0
- From: "Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo" <jake@nodomainname.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:59:27 -0800 (PST)
- Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.04.9901261656060.18373-100000@elijah.nodomainname.net>
- In-reply-to: <199901270021.AAA23009@snowcrash.cymru.net>
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > The mail spool MUST be accessible through /var/mail AND /var/spool/mail,
> > and spool files MUST take the form /var/{spool/}mail/$LOGNAME. Either
> > /var/mail or /var/spool/mail, or both, MAY be symbolic links to another
> > directory.
>
> That sounds good to me
And several others, I beleive. Perhaps a vote is in order?
> > It is RECOMMENDED that /var/mail be the actual directory and
> > /var/spool/mail be the symbolic link. At some point use of /var/spool/mail
> > may become deprecated.
>
> Thats policy where it isnt needed
Then it doesn't have to be included. I only put it in to placate all the
"other UNIXen use /var/mail, so /var/spool/mail shouldn't even exist" type
people.
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