Philip Brown wrote:
> Bart Smaalders wrote:
>> I don't agree.  We're working on changing file system layouts to separate
>> user data from system binaries. 
> 
> 
> "working on"?
> 
> Odd, i thought that was done a decade or two ago.
> 
> read-only, system binaries: /opt, /usr
> user data:  /tmp, /var, /home
> 
> What more needs to be "changed"?
> 
> or is it more a matter of making the software actually stick to the existing 
> standards now?

/var is a muddle; there are various bits that are delivered by packages and
other bits that are shared state.

/var/svc/manifest, /var/pkg, /var/apache*, for example, all contain
files that are delivered in packages. Clearly, /var/mail, etc. must never
be rolled back....

- Bart

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