Yo Richard! On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 15:00:44 -0600 Richard Laager via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> On 3/7/19 2:44 PM, Hal Murray via devel wrote:
> > Gary said:
> >> My idiosyncratic read of the FHS would, by default, put the master
> >> keys in /usr/local/var/lib:
> >
> > Is that a typo? There is no /usr/local/var/ or /usr/var/ on Fedora
> > or Debian.
>
> It might be reasonable to default to $PREFIX/var/lib, such that a
> default PREFIX of /usr/local results in /usr/local/var/lib. (Consider
> also the cases of PREFIX being "/opt" or "/home/USERNAME/.local".)
> But a system package would most likely set PREFIX to /usr and this
> setting to /var/lib (not /usr/var/lib).
Yes.
Gentoo uses /opt for the rare binary package. So good to mention that.
> > We could give up on defaults for all of them. Then the
> > documentation wouldn't have to discuss defaults.
>
> Documentation isn't a problem. The docs can and should get the same
> waf subst behavior anyway. So the docs should always mention the
> paths that match how I built my ntpd.
Yes, knowledge is power, and, if users actually read it, can lead to
fewer support issues.
RGDS
GARY
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