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

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 05/22/04

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    Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:02:47 -0700
    To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
    
    
    

    On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 04:57:24PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
    > Could we also consider the approach of leaving the supfiles in
    > /usr/sup (since they are small and only rarely change) and having
    > the files that change in /var/db/sup, or does the directory need
    > to be the same?

    I don't think it matters to cvsup where the supfiles live. I'll almost
    certaintly keep putting them in /usr/sup because that's where my fingers
    think they should be. Pre-creating /var/db/sup would make this easier
    for me.

    -- Brooks

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