Richard Megginson wrote: > As an attempt to compromise between the users who want the old layout > and those who want an FHS style layout, I propose having the package do > both. That is, the files would be put on disk under /opt/fedora-ds, > then symlinks would be created to those files and directories to > correspond to the FHS layout. > > For example, /var/log/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/access would just be a > symlink to /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/logs/access > or > /etc/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/dse.ldif would just be a symlink to > /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/config/dse.ldif > > Rationale: > 1) allows admins already familiar with fedora ds layout to continue to > use current tools/processes (e.g. tar up contents/restore contents, > which is much more difficult with FHS layout) > 2) allows admins familiar with FHS to find files in familiar places Hi, Sounds fine to me, just as long as nothing depends on those symlinks being present, e.g. start/stop scripts, backup/restore scripts, etc. For example, if one of my tools creates a new instance, but doesn't symlink it to the FHS place, that shouldn't cause any lack of functionality. BR, Mike
