Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:20:50 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: scratch65535@att.net Cc: freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: standard locations for port files Message-ID: <CAJuc1zPM2QT2xjGfD=Ui%2BhaVjk8zUtOXcd7boLgbo4_FROSy_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <76pgqcptlcrvhuavu1bquknbbdfr8n0cdf@4ax.com> References: <59A82622.4030502@gmail.com> <729F1CC6-9A65-4CDF-B7E5-FB520779FD15@adamw.org> <dolgqcpv4ihqsjbas28v0bglrboat4po5c@4ax.com> <CA%2BtpaK2wFBV3-aUEYXQ3eVqMjxS2kE67G5uLVni=OEjiVe8MyA@mail.gmail.com> <76pgqcptlcrvhuavu1bquknbbdfr8n0cdf@4ax.com>
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On 1 September 2017 at 07:54, <scratch65535@att.net> wrote: > [Default] On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:53:27 -0500, Adam Vande More > <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:41 PM, <scratch65535@att.net> wrote: >> >>> Why wouldn't logs be in /usr/local/var/...? Given that all >>> other port "stuff" is under /usr/local, what advantage is there >>> in making logs an exception? >>> >> >>Because logs shouldn't be under /usr. > > Why not? The current location wasn't determined by natural law, > it was just someone's decision, almost certainly made without > much thought at all. It could be re-decided just as easily. That particular decision was made decades ago that logs are expected to live in /var/log; and re-deciding that decision would break predictably on all BSD based systems. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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