David Douthitt wrote: > > On 2/14/02 at 4:36 PM, Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For example, /var/log is the standard residence of logfiles. > > Is it? Only in Linux apparently; my Unixware and HP-UX systems use > /var/adm/syslog.
I am sorry that you always miss my point. We are on the LEAD List Service and happen to be discussing LEAF issues. However interesting it maybe to discuss AIX, HP-UX, Irix, &c., these are non sequitur to this particular discussion. > > For example, the root directory (/) should be residence to > > directories *only* or, at least, *no* ordinary nor > > executable files -- or, should it? > > Many UNIXes (most?) use / as root's home directory. In your opinion, is that a `good' choice? > > For example, /etc should house, among else, configuration > > files, including a system of symbolic links facilitating > > system initialization, &c. -- but, then, what about /var > > or /usr/local or /opt? > > ...and what about /var/state and /var/spool/cache? Precisely my point! > Not only is standardization impossible, but the little variances are > what makes a distribution individual and perhaps better than others. Nothing is impossible. In fact, your dependent clause, again, is my point! We have something in LEAF that is unique and worth defining better. > I could list variance after variance - both within Linux distributions > and out: > > * ip vs. ifconfig/netstat/route > * /etc/init.d ; /etc/rc.d/init.d ; /sbin/init.d ... > * /var/log ; /var/adm/syslog > * apkg v. lrpkg > * /usr/local/bin ; /opt > * / vs. /root (home dir) > * BSD /etc/rc vs. SysV /etc/rc.d/S000script ... > * Some system binaries were commonly put into /etc... > * System administration tools: linuxconf, webadmin, sysadm, sadm, > smit, sam.... > * vi vs. anything else (emacs?) > * Package management: pkgadd; swinstall; rpm; debpkg; etc...... > * Compression: compress; gzip; bzip2; zip... Again, what is your point in context of LEAF? > I don't think we can force standardization - it's this sort of thing > that makes the djbtools license so offensive... How many times need I state: ``NO, I am not advocating any system of commandments and laws, transgression of which invokes the ire of the greater community; rather, I believe that it is important -- no, critical -- that I, as LEAF user and, especially, as LEAF developer -- know what I can expect from a small set of system constructs.'' To take statements out of context does not make your arguments stronger. What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
