On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 11:05:22AM +1300, Steve Wray wrote: > > Why would you want/need to have /usr/share writeable? FHS 2.2 states: > > On redhat and mandrake for two, there are things in /usr/share that > are written to at runtime. One I can think of right off the bat is > cddb information. Ah, yes. The critical system applications, bat and cddb. No reason to configure or recompile (if they, *gasp* have hardcoded paths in their executables) these to actually store their caches under a more resonable location. Perhaps the partition that is most often dedicated to variable data generated by applications during their runtime... /var. > [snip] > > Game data stored in /usr/share/games must be purely static data. > > Any modifiable files, such as score files, game play logs, and so > > forth, should be placed in /var/games. > > Since when was any distribution 100% compliant with the standards? Especially if you're talking about Red Hat and Mandrake. ;-) Seriously, I think it is perfectly reasonable to be a nazi with your filesystem. But this is SO way off topic right now, I'm going to refrain from further comment. Have a great weekend! -- Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr Get my public key, ICQ#, etc. $(mailx -s 'get info' chewie@wookimus.net)
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