FHS?

Bringing up an old topic...

Is there any interest in trying to make it possible to build and
install INN using paths which comply with the Linux Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard?  E.g.:

    /etc/news
    /usr/bin
    /usr/lib/news/rnews.libexec
    /usr/sbin
    /var/lib/news/db
    /var/spool/news
    [...]

It's not currently possible to do this.

If the answer is "we don't care about the FHS", then I suggest that
the ISC should specifically ask Linux vendors to refrain from
distributing pre-compiled INN packages with their distros.

Because the FHS specifically prohibits OS vendors from producing
packages which install in /usr/local, pre-compiled INN packages from
Linux vendors are generally a confusing blend between a pure FHS
installation and INN's "just install everything under a common
subdirectory" method.

As a result, most long-time INN users simply remove the distro's INN
package and reinstall it themselves, and most INN newbies (who don't
know to reinstall INN) wind up being confused.

-- 
James Ralston, Information Technology
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA