I agree that ${prefix}/var/db is far from ideal, but at least it's
documented as mutable in hier(7). The same cannot be said for $
{prefix}/share, even though it might make more sense from a config
file vs "database" point of view. Think of "database" in the highly
abstract sense, if it helps to reduce the ringing in your head. :-)
- Jordan
On Apr 22, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
"man porthier" says ${prefix}/var/db is for "misc. automatically
generated system-specific database files". These would only be small
text files containing configuration information, so they're not
databases, so I don't know if this would be the right place...
though getting them out of ${prefix}/etc isn't entirely a bad idea,
since I don't want users modifying them. Would a place under $
{prefix}/share be something to consider? They are "architecture-
independent files"... Then again, though the user shouldn't modify
the .ini files we install, the user may want to add her own .ini
files.
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