Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2009-08-01 Thread Daniel Baumann
Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > Changing the location of the data dir is usually trivial (edit > /etc/inetd), but ... people should use debconf for that. > A tool to query the location of that tftp chroot surely > help postinst script configuring the package that ship files. looks overengineered to me.

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2009-08-01 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 15:08 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 08:37:42AM +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > Package: debian-policy > > Severity: wishlist > > > > I've worked on the following policy snippet. As far as I am concerned, I > > would rather make the default location compu

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2009-07-31 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 08:37:42AM +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > > I've worked on the following policy snippet. As far as I am concerned, I > would rather make the default location compulsory, and probably drop > "tftp-get-root-location" then. 1. If /

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:07:32PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> I'm not horribly fond of shipping files in /var/lib either, >> but... there aren't a lot of great options here, I understand. It's >> very similar to the problem with configuring web appl

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-13 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:07:32PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Steve Langasek pointed out[1] that the location /srv/tftp could be used, > > but no package should provide any file in it. I consider this would > > defeat the purpose of having a standa

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Steve Langasek pointed out[1] that the location /srv/tftp could be used, > but no package should provide any file in it. I consider this would > defeat the purpose of having a standard location (pxelinux.0 and > elilo.efi couldn't be dropped by respectiv

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-12 Thread Franklin PIAT
Here's an updated text, based on feedback on debian-policy comments : Steve Langasek pointed out[1] that the location /srv/tftp could be used, but no package should provide any file in it. I consider this would defeat the purpose of having a standard location (pxelinux.0 and elilo.efi couldn't be

Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-09 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 16:38 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And it should : > > * Define /srv/tftp as the default tftp root directory. > BTW, you should probably open a bug against debian-policy for this so that > we can start tracking it. done

Bug#485559: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-09 Thread Franklin PIAT
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist [Opening a bug, as suggested on [EMAIL PROTECTED] . sorry for spamming] Hello, As I were writing an email about the consistency of tftpboot directory, I fount a previous debian-policy thread[1] where it seemed that a consensus were already met. (If you

Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 04:38:33PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And it should : > > * Define /srv/tftp as the default tftp root directory. > I think encoding this directory into a package default violates the FHS > requirements for /srv, althou

Re: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-09 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:52:54AM +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > Hello, > > As I were writing an email about the consistency of tftpboot directory, > I fount a previous debian-policy thread[1] where it seemed that a > consensus were already met. > (If you wonder why I'm interested with this, see

Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-09 Thread Russ Allbery
Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And it should : > * Define /srv/tftp as the default tftp root directory. I think encoding this directory into a package default violates the FHS requirements for /srv, although I'm not sure. It's hard for me to tell where the line should be draw

Re: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location [RFC]

2008-06-09 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, As I were writing an email about the consistency of tftpboot directory, I fount a previous debian-policy thread[1] where it seemed that a consensus were already met. (If you wonder why I'm interested with this, see [2]) I've worked on the following policy snippet. As far as I am concerned

Re: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location

2008-06-08 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 15:35 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > As I were writing an email about the consistency of tftpboot directory, > I fount a previous debian-policy thread [1] where it seemed that a > consensus were already met. Ouch.. I sent my draft by mistake... please ignore it. I'll send a c

Re: Re: consistent tftpboot directory location

2008-06-08 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, As I were writing an email about the consistency of tftpboot directory, I fount a previous debian-policy thread [1] where it seemed that a consensus were already met. (If you wonder why I'm interested with this, see [2]) I've worked on the following policy snippet. Your comments are welco

Re: consistent tftpboot directory location

2005-03-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:02:56 +0100, Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 07:19:14PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:45:01 -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: >> >> > There seems to be no consistency in debian about the default >> >

Re: consistent tftpboot directory location

2005-03-19 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 07:19:14PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:45:01 -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > There seems to be no consistency in debian about the default > > directory used by tftpd servers. I've tried all three: > > > server directory > > tft

Re: consistent tftpboot directory location

2005-03-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:45:01 -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > There seems to be no consistency in debian about the default > directory used by tftpd servers. I've tried all three: > server directory > tftpd /boot > atftpd /tftpboot > tftpd-hpa /var/lib/tftpboot > It would be easier