Actually, Alan Cox sums up the problem better than I did... ;) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:37:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-devel@lists.debian.org [cc: list striped] Subject: Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0 Resent-Date: 26 Jan 1999 00:38:45 -0000 Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ;
> 1. Interoperability with other systems. 10+ million Linux boxes use /var/spool/mail. Its also a spurious claim. All existing tools assume linux uses /var/spool/mail. Other systems even sharing via NFS dont get problems with this /var/spool usage > 2. Disk space management. We've proved between us that both views are held here. This therefore is a rather spurious claim. A (maybe) symlink called /var/spool/mail that points somewhere arbitary is all that is needed for this issue. The FHS need say nothing else Your arguments don't IMHO hold water, nor in fact anything else -- While this is an open list, non-committee members are asked to lurk quietly. To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]