Re: pkg_add problem with nosuid on /var

[David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 02:45:44PM -0500, Julio Merino 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?

Some of us believe that /var data should be kept in /var.

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David A. Holland
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