Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 11:29:20 +0000 (WET DST) From: "Alexis Yushin" <alexis@unicorn.ww.net> To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/spool/news vs /var/news, need summary. Message-ID: <199507010729.LAA12382@unicorn.ww.net> In-Reply-To: <199506301826.LAA13442@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Jun 30, 95 11:26:48 am
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Hello, Once Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >As one of the folks representing FreeBSD in what is to become a >BSDI/Linux/FreeBSD (initial parties) file system hierarchy specification >the issue of /var/spool/news vs /var/news has come up as a point that >does not seem to be clearly defined. The current drafting in process >puts this as /var/spool/news, but I offered to check with our ``ports'' >people on this as: > >I recall that there was quite a discussion amongst the people doing >FreeBSD ports on this issue some time back, and would like a few >things from those involved in it. > >a) What was the final outcome? Do all our ports use /var/news or > /var/spool/news. As the question of philosophy ;-) I would like to see it as /var/spool/news. Personally, I have news filesystems in /news although the news spool in /var/spool/news -- it is a symlynk to the directory news spool is stored. After all we don't discuss where uucp spool should go -- to /var/uucp or to /var/spool/uucp -- my guess this question is the same as that concerning uucp spool. alexis -- So much ado my lover So many games we played Through every fleeted summer Through every precious day...
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