On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:54 PM, <scratch65...@att.net> wrote: > [Default] On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:53:27 -0500, Adam Vande More > <amvandem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:41 PM, <scratch65...@att.net> wrote: > > > >> Why wouldn't logs be in /usr/local/var/...? Given that all > >> other port "stuff" is under /usr/local, what advantage is there > >> in making logs an exception? > >> > > > >Because logs shouldn't be under /usr. > > Why not? The current location wasn't determined by natural law, > it was just someone's decision, almost certainly made without > much thought at all. It could be re-decided just as easily. > > It's in hier(7)
/usr/ contains the majority of user utilities and applications /var/ multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files Within local/, the general layout sketched out by hier for /usr should be used. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
