Opened 23 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
#176 closed defect (fixed)
discuss directory layout changes
| Reported by: | Owned by: | ||
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| Priority: | highest | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Book | Version: | CVS |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
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Description
Personally I would want to push for at least:
/usr/tmp /usr/local/tmp /var/tmp symlinks to /tmp (/var/tmp perhaps not) /usr/var /usr/local/var symlinks to /var
there are other nasties in the /var hierarcy (like create /var/lib/misc and other stuff like that)
Change History (12)
comment:1 by , 23 years ago
| Resolution: | → later |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 23 years ago
comment:3 by , 23 years ago
| Resolution: | later |
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| Status: | closed → reopened |
comment:4 by , 22 years ago
| Priority: | normal → low |
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comment:5 by , 22 years ago
| Priority: | low → lowest |
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comment:7 by , 21 years ago
The /usr/share/nls directory does not seem to be used anymore. Remove? Let's make sure nothing checks its existence.
comment:8 by , 21 years ago
| Priority: | lowest → high |
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comment:9 by , 21 years ago
| Priority: | high → highest |
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comment:10 by , 21 years ago
/var/tmp should not point to /tmp because they have explicitly different purposes according to common practise and standards.
comment:11 by , 21 years ago
By Steve Bougerolle: No, FHS says it's an option and they specifically add that it is there only as a stopgap until old programs which used to use it are updated to use /var instead. Here's (a copy of) the reference:
comment:12 by , 21 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | reopened → closed |
OK, the consensus on the list is that /tmp and /var/tmp are separate from each other, and should not be symlinks. This is how the system is currently set up in CVS.
But, recommendations on the list are that /usr/tmp should go away, which is about to be done in CVS.
or /usr/tmp -> /var/tmp