Re: Move /usr/sup to /var/db/sup?

From: Crist J. Clark (cristjc_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/21/04

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    Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:39:44 -0700
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>

    On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:42:32PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
    > On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:36:05PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote:
    > > Just a minor thing, but I would think[0] most people would agree that
    > > /var/db/sup is a much more logical place for the CVSup "base" directory
    > > than /usr/sup. Yes, it doesn't take up much space on /usr, but for
    > > those who don't want to write to /usr[1] too much or mount /usr read-
    > > only, it's an irritant.
    > >
    > > Of course, there is one big reason not to change it, because it would
    > > be a change.
    > >
    > > Personally, I don't think it will be disruptive to make changes to the
    > > example files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. People who already have
    > > /usr/sup populated are using their own localized versions of these
    > > files, so the change won't affect them (not that losing the "sup"
    > > directory is that big of a deal). A person starting with a copy of
    > > one of the examples is probably starting a fresh CVSup and will be
    > > creating a new sup dir anyway.
    >
    > This seems reasionable. If you're going to do it, I suggest adding
    > /var/db/sup to the appropriate mtree file so it always exists. That
    > way people who blindly copy their supfiles to /usr/sup will still get
    > something that works and their finger memory won't be broken.

    Hmmm... /usr/sup is not in BSD.mtree.usr. I believe cvsup(1) creates
    it when it does not exist. Are you saying we should add it to
    BSD.mtree.var even though we don't create /usr/sup? Or are you
    saying to create /var/db/sup and make a symlink in /usr to it? 

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Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org
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