On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Duncan Findlay wrote:
> Configuration files should ALWAYS be under /etc/. Failure to do so is a
> violation of the FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard).
I'd love to agree with you, but what's /usr/local/etc for, then? What
about e.g. Apache with /usr/local/conf/?
Configuration files for standard system software should always be under
/etc/. The question is whether it should be possible to install SA as
something other than "standard system software."
> What's wrong with
> my $LOCAL_RULES_DIR = '$(PREFIX)/../etc/mail/spamassassin';
Many Perl installations have $Config{prefix} eq '/usr/local'. The above
would put local rules in /usr/etc/mail/spamassassin, which (from the
standpoint of someone trying to isolate SA installation into /usr/local)
is no better than forcing /etc/.
And for a non-root user installing with "make PREFIX=$HOME", the chances
of $HOME/../etc being writable are no better.
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