Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:26:34 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: My FreeBSD Wish List... Message-ID: <19970910142634.55557@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19970910143042.08357@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>; from David Dawes on Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 02:30:42PM %2B1000 References: <8767safewy.fsf@pippin.jblhome.ping.dk> <199709092121.OAA29539@vader.cs.berkeley.edu> <19970910143042.08357@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 02:30:42PM +1000, David Dawes wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 02:21:27PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote: > On a partly related note, a future XFree86 release will put config files > (like xdm config files for example) in a directory hierarchy below /var > (most likely /var/X11). It is possible that future X11 releases from The > Open Group will do this too. This will make it easier to use a read-only > /usr/X11R6. None of this has been set in stone yet, so if anyone has > any comments about this, please let me know. Well, at the risk of the lives of a few protestants, why /var? My reading of /var is that it is for frequently changing files, such as spool files. I agree that it would be nice to have a read-only /usr, but I think it would be worth giving a bit more consideration for the new home of the config files. Greg
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