On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 11:33:27PM -0400, Jeff Licquia wrote: > (Sorry if this isn't the proper list for this discussion. If not, > please point me in the right direction.) > > The Linux Foundation's LSB workgroup has taken over maintenance of > the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, and is working on a number of > updates needed since its last release in 2004. > > Despite all the "Linux" in the names above, we're wanting to make > sure that the FHS remains independent of any particular UNIX > implementation, and continues to be useful to non-Linux UNIXes. > > My question to you is: do you consider the FHS to be relevant to > current and future development of OpenBSD? If not, is this simply > due to lack of maintenance; would your interest in the FHS be > greater with more consistent updates?
Some parts of FHS won't apply on OpenBSD, like /srv, /opt, /libXX and /media. I'm not even speaking of the /run promoted by systemd/fedora. /boot is a file on OpenBSD, not a dir. And as pointed out, OpenBSD makes a clear distinction between /usr (the basesystem) and /usr/local (the apps installed by the package tools). Other than that, it looks similar to our own FHS/mtree. If FHS spec is changed to move those entries to the linux-specific Operating System Specific Annex section, then it might make sense. Other than that, i don't see much point. OpenBSD won't change its FHS for the pleasure of LSB... Landry
