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

From: Alexey Dokuchaev (danfe_at_nsu.ru)
Date: 05/22/04

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 16:18:22 +0700
To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org>

    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.

    FWIW, compatibility symlink can hang in there for a while (until 6.0
    maybe).

    ./danfe
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