* Dave Sill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010222 10:41]:
> "Robin S. Socha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Also, putting init scripts in /usr/local does not make any sense at all
> I've been putting stuff in /usr/local for at least a decade. I'm not
> going to stop just because some upstart free OS's want to impose their
> idea of the One True Filesystem Hierarchy on me.
man hier should be a lot older than OpenBSD or whatever. I mean, really.
And system components (I consider an MTA a system component, don't you?)
don't belong under /something/local but /something - cf. NFS.
> >(unless you happen to own an Lintendo)
> Cute, but I'd rather support fellow UNIX-like OS users than degrade
> them. Save the namecalling for Wintendo lusers. :-)
I was in fact referring to desktop boxes (usually running Linux, not
some flavour of BSD).
> >-cf. DJB's explation of why he chose /var.
>
> Which is where?
http://cr.yp.to/compatibility.html
http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/install.html#whyvar
I'm shocked ;-)
