[csw-maintainers] /var/opt/csw/run in the CSWcommon package

[Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski
> <maciej at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski
>>> <maciej at opencsw.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All right, I'm updating syslog-ng to use /var/run. Here's also a bit
>>>> of a documentation update:
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/htdocs/standards/layout.shtml b/htdocs/standards/layout.shtml
>>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> I dont think that belongs in that section.
>>> However, I did now add a specific mention of /var/run higher up on the page.
>>
>> How about this existing bit:
>>
>> var: Dont use this. Use /var/opt/csw instead.
>>
>> ...it seems to be in contradiction with "use /var/run" above.
>>
>> You could say "well, it's talking about /var, and not /var/run,
>
> No, it's in the subsection of "things under /opt/csw".
>
> /opt/csw/var is not /var

I see. Perhaps it would make sense to write /opt/csw/var, when you
mean /opt/csw/var. (I know it's written at the top. It's about how
easy it is to read and understand.)

> that being said, I dont see why anyone would default to using
> /opt/csw/var/run. am I missing something?

Because of the "everything is under /opt/csw" rule.

> Things usually default to using /var/run. you have to go out of your
> way to force it to translate to /opt/csw/var/run ?

syslog-ng defaults to /var/run, but I usually don't allow packages to
install anything outside /opt/csw, so I wouldn't let it use the
default without a reason.

Maciej