On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:28:55 -0500, you wrote:
>On 27-Jun-99, 10:00 (CDT), Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> /var/state isn't in the fsstnd, yet it exists on Debian slink. Is
>> there a text available that states what belongs into /var/state vs.
>> /var/lib ("application state information")?
>
>/var/state was originally part of the FHS (v 2.0?). There were lots
>of objections, do the difficulting many packages would have in moving
>existing state info from /var/lib. The most recent drafts for FHS 2.1
>have removed /var/state, but changed the specification of /var/lib to
>be more consistent with the actual usage.
So using /var/state is actually discouraged?
Greetings
Marc
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