On 09/11/2013 04:12 PM, Karl Berry wrote: > rms wants --varrundir instead of --rundir for the option name. I expect > there will be objections to that name because of wanting to use /run. > Other ideas?
I guess since users installing in $HOME will still want $HOME/var/run (where mainly distros want /run), and since it defaults to $(localstate)/run which in turn is $(prefix)/var/run, I can live with the longer name --varrundir. > From: Richard Stallman <[email protected]> > Now it is clear what these files do. However, the name --rundir is > totally misleading. > > The name /var/run is misleading too, but since it's under /var, people > will know it is meant to contain some files made by programs for some > sort of case. > > --rundir lacks that helpful context, so the misleadingness goes > uncorrected. It sounds like a way to specify the directory to run > some program in. > > How about --varrundir? Also a valid argument for the longer option name. I'll touch up my autoconf patches accordingly, and post them soon. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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