Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:36:05 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@comcast.net> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Move /usr/sup to /var/db/sup? Message-ID: <20040521193605.GA8246@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Just a minor thing, but I would think[0] most people would agree that
/var/db/sup is a much more logical place for the CVSup "base" directory
than /usr/sup. Yes, it doesn't take up much space on /usr, but for
those who don't want to write to /usr[1] too much or mount /usr read-
only, it's an irritant.
Of course, there is one big reason not to change it, because it would
be a change.
Personally, I don't think it will be disruptive to make changes to the
example files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. People who already have
/usr/sup populated are using their own localized versions of these
files, so the change won't affect them (not that losing the "sup"
directory is that big of a deal). A person starting with a copy of
one of the examples is probably starting a fresh CVSup and will be
creating a new sup dir anyway.
Anyone have objections to going through the example supfiles with,
--- cvs-supfile 4 May 2004 20:03:50 -0000 1.42
+++ cvs-supfile 21 May 2004 19:30:23 -0000
@@ -53 +53 @@
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db
[0] But with any seemingly insignificant change like this, there is
an excellent chance some people out there do not agree and will
be quite vocal about it.
[1] Or / if /usr doesn't have its own file system. The same arguments
apply.
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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