On Sat, Jan 30, 1999 at 07:14:04PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > I'd like to propose that for now the FHS is changed to read > > "The mail spool area location is undefined. It is guaranteed that both > /var/mail and /var/spool/mail point to this mail spool area if the system > has a mail spool. The preferred reference name is /var/mail. > > [Rationale: /var/mail is the only name available on some other modern Unix > platforms. /var/spool/mail is the older Linux tradition and needed for > compatibility] > > [Rationale2: The physical location of the mail spool is not relevant to > an application and is administrator policy. It is thus left open.] > > > Can everyone live with that and bury the thread
I'd live with that, but I'd prefer just /var/mail be used and if vendors want to create a symlink for backward compatibility or even from /var/mail to /var/spool for easy upgrades, let them.. (creating a symlink from /var/mail to /var/spool/mail if /var/mail does not exist is likely how Debian would handle such a change without surprises for the user..) -- "I'm working in the dark here." "Yeah well rumor has it you do your best work in the dark." -- Earth: Final Conflict