Oliver Elphick wrote:
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 16:25 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
why is there a link to logs in /etc?
/etc/postgresql/7.4/main/log is a link to
/var/log/postgresql/postgresql-7.4-main.log
/etc is supposed to be for configuration files that are static, the
link to log violates both (yes, it's only a link so it doesn't change
but points to a file that changes and is definetely not a configuration
file).
is this a bug? Or is this somehow valid?
Policy says that conffiles should be in /etc, or, if that is not
feasible, that there should be a link to /etc. (Policy 10.7.2)
Policy also states that packages must conform to the FHS. The FHS
states that site-specific configuration files should be in /etc and that
binaries should not be. It also says that log files should usually be
under /var/log.
It is not stated that other types of file must not be put in /etc, still
less that there should be no links to such files. By analogy with
10.7.2, it seems reasonable to allow a link if it is not feasible to do
without it.
isn't the reasonable interpretation of FHS that only what is supposed
to be in a particular directory is supposed to be there, i.e. that ONL:Y
static config files should be in /etc tree?
Reading FHS it seems the only reasonable interpretation, otherwise
one could claim to be FHS compliant while having junk file all over the
place.
I mean regardless of details of interpretation - is there any
rationale for link to log to be in /etc? If there's none it simply
shouldn't be there, IMO (otherwise you guys (I'm not a dd) are creating
a mess of a system with unneccessary illogical links/files all over the
place).
btw I am not sure which package is this part of, can't find it using
dpkg -S, not even when I dpkg -L all postgresql packages I have
installed (I guess it was created by postinst sript or something like that).
The name indicates that it is created by postgresql-common
(/usr/bin/pg_createcluster) in relation to a database whose server is
postgresql-7.4
it's a bit off topic but could you please explain how does the name
/etc/postgresql/7.4/main/log indicate it was created by
postgresql-common (as opposed to any other postgrsql-* packages, e.g.
postgresql-7.4 seems like a good candidate as well)?
What does /usr/bin/pg_createcluster have to do with anything? OK, so
I looked at it and the script actually creates that link
(/etc/postgresql/7.4/main/log), seems pretty evil. Any ideas why would
anybody do it?
erik
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