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Date:      Sun, 05 Sep 1999 14:05:05 -0700
From:      Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing list <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, n_hibma@heidi.plazza.it.jrc.it
Subject:   Re: request for review: move of /var/cron/log to /var/log/cron.log
Message-ID:  <37D2DB01.58F5C814@gorean.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909052002240.927-100000@heidi.plazza.it>

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Nick Hibma wrote:
> 
> > > Please review the following patch to get all the log files in one place.
> > > The commit will be accompanied by a HEADS UP. If no one objects I will
> > > commit this in a couple of days.
> >
> >       The only thing I don't like about this is that it introduces a point of
> > incompatibility between FreeBSD and other unices, and I'm not sure the
> > benefit is worth it. I would bring up the idea of creating a symlink in
> > /var/log, but I know that the purists would never approve of that...
> 
> What about the other way around?

	I could definitely live with that. I'm really not _against_ the change,
and I do see the point of making things consistent. But I'm coming from the
standpoint of someone who's trying to introduce freebsd into a previously
all-sun shop, and every single little thing that's different gets me a
funny look and N minutes of explanation as to why we do things the way we
do. Personally I've taken to symlink'ing /var/adm/messages on the sun
boxes, so having a symlink the other way around in this case is fine with
me. 

Hoping this makes some kind of sense,

Doug


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