Pierre Labastie wrote:
On 23/09/2015 18:27, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
So install changes the permissions of an existing directory. The install
command is in my dhcpcd package log. So we need to change it back after make
install or do a sed to make it
install -m1777 -d /var/tmp
Alternatively, we can change the switch to --dbdir=/var/tmp/dhcpcd or perhaps
/var/cache/dhcpcd. The default is /var/db. We could use that, but right now
I am in favor of /var/cache/dhcpcd.
-- Bruce
Not sure that /var/cache is the best place, since according to the FHS, it may
be emptied by the system administrator. /var/cache is mainly for storing data
which take a long time to be computed, but can be regenerated by the
application if needed.
Maybe /var/lib/dhcpcd? According to FHS:
"[The /var/lib] hierarchy holds state information pertaining to an application
or the system. State information is data that programs modify while they run,
and that pertains to one specific host.[...]. State information is generally
used to preserve the condition of an application (or a group of inter-related
applications) between invocations and between different instances of the same
application. State information should generally remain valid after a reboot,
should not be logging output, and should not be spooled data [...]". This is
close to what a lease is (dbdir is primarily where dhcpcd stores leases).
Yes, you're right. /var/lib/dhcpcd is better. Do you want to do the
update or should I do it?
-- Bruce
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