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

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 05/21/04

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    Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:47:34 -0700
To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu

    On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:39:44PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote:
    > 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?

    Hmm, for some reason I've always copied the example supfiles to /usr/sup
    before editing them. For some reason I'd assumed this was something
    I read in the documentation in the distant past, but I can't find any
    evidence of such a recommendation so I may just made that convention up.
    Given that, I don't think it's necessicary to create /var/db/sup, but it
    might be a nice idea anyway. Another directory in /var/db certaintly
    wouldn't hurt anything.

    -- Brooks 

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