Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:58:04 -0700 From: Lee Brown <leeb@ratnaling.org> To: freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: standard locations for port files Message-ID: <CAFPNf58uja7LJBazVSpRiv%2BgrFKQ3sdbnOt8Bpez-WCQPee29A@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 Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:54 PM, <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. > > It's in hier(7) /usr/ contains the majority of user utilities and applications /var/ multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files Within local/, the general layout sketched out by hier for /usr should be used.
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