Re: FHS packaging - combine old and new with symlinks

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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

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