On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 02:55:09AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > That said, the Debian Policy document does mandage use of the Filesystem > > Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which in turn describes /etc like this: "/etc > > contains configuration files and directories that are specific to the > > current system". This cannot reasonably be interpreted to mean anything > > than "configuration stuff only". When I say reasonably, I mean that a > > sharp lawer-like mind might interpret it in whatever way they wish, on a > > larch, but that is not useful for building an operating system.
> Not that I like it, but a link in etc to the log direcoty is as good as a > config gile containing "logdir=". Only that the former is easier to use. And > since debian does place a lot of (alternative) links in etc it is a well > accepted config method. However I am not sure if it is used that way in the > package. That also means the program is looking for its logfiles under /etc by default, which FHS-compliant software is not supposed to do. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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