Re: pkg_add problem with nosuid on /var

To: Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: pkg_add problem with nosuid on /var
From: Julio Merino <julio%meroh.net@localhost>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:45:44 -0500

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost> 
wrote:
> Yes, I've been using ${PREFIX}/.dbdir for a long time, and I really
> regret not moving it to be under ${PREFIX} by default for everything.

This ought to be ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgdb/ according to hier(7). (Yes,
and I've been doing this too for ages.)

Why cannot we change the default and provide a transition path?

-- 
Julio Merino / @jmmv

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