Previously Branden Robinson wrote:
> Well, we could concievably follow the FHS in every other respect, though,
> right? From a standards-compliance point-of-view, it's less egregious to
> have an extra directory in /var (/var/lib) than to fail to have directories
> the FHS says should be there.
I
On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 03:57:47PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Ian Jackson doesn't like it, and he carries a lot of clout around here.
> > (Deservedly so, but I don't really know the reasons for his objections to
> > FHS -- IIRC, he doesn't like all the s
Previously Branden Robinson wrote:
> Ian Jackson doesn't like it, and he carries a lot of clout around here.
> (Deservedly so, but I don't really know the reasons for his objections to
> FHS -- IIRC, he doesn't like all the subdirectories of /var that the FHS
> includes).
He discovered that he wou
At 08:30 -0500 1999-03-27, James LewisMoss wrote:
2) dpkg's files will stay in /var/lib rather than being moved to
/var/state. This more a survival instinct. Moving these files
could be _very_ bad if not done correctly.
I don't buy that, go look at the dpkg postinst, it has code not only
> On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:24:45 -0800, Jim Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Jim> OK, so what about fsstnd? or will debian create its own file
Jim> system standard -document-? Will it technically affect debian
Jim> one way or the other if debian goes its own way?
Jim> That is to say, given t
At 00:18 -0500 1999-03-27, Branden Robinson wrote:
On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 07:33:25PM -0800, Jim Lynch wrote:
Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said in the message identified as
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Not all of FHS will be used.
say WHAT?? Part of Debian's stability is owed to its STRICT ad
OK, so what about fsstnd? or will debian create its own file system standard
-document-? Will it technically affect debian one way or the other if debian
goes its own way?
That is to say, given two scenarios in which all packages follow the rules of
the scenario; in one case, using an external st
On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 07:33:25PM -0800, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said in the message identified as
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Not all of FHS will be used.
>
> say WHAT?? Part of Debian's stability is owed to its STRICT adherence to
> standards such as fsstnd and
Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said in the message identified as <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>:
> Not all of FHS will be used.
say WHAT?? Part of Debian's stability is owed to its STRICT adherence to
standards such as fsstnd and fhs.
Why would Debian not use all of fhs?
-Jim
On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 10:39:27PM -0800, Darren O. Benham wrote:
> Just what is "official" Debain policy?
>
> "Everyone" says we want to switch to FHS.
> There are issues concerning the FHS.
> I'm setting up new packages.
>
> Am I supposed to use the FHS that "we want to switch to" or the FS
Just what is "official" Debain policy?
"Everyone" says we want to switch to FHS.
There are issues concerning the FHS.
I'm setting up new packages.
Am I supposed to use the FHS that "we want to switch to" or the FSSTND that
we used to have... or anything I damn well please?
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