Re: FHS?

On May 27, James Ralston <qralston+ml.inn-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 >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.:
BTDT:

       ./configure \
               --with-perl \
               --enable-ipv6 \
               --prefix=/usr/lib/news \
               --mandir=/usr/share/man \
               --with-db-dir=/var/lib/news \
               --with-etc-dir=/etc/news \
               --with-filter-dir=/etc/news/filter \
               --with-lib-dir=/usr/lib/news \
               --with-log-dir=/var/log/news \
               --with-run-dir=/var/run/news \
               --with-spool-dir=/var/spool/news \
               --with-tmp-dir=/var/spool/news/incoming/tmp \
               --with-berkeleydb=/usr \
               --with-sendmail=/usr/sbin/sendmail \

 >It's not currently possible to do this.
Maybe you did not try hard enough.

 >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.
As a Linux vendor, I suggest you better research your facts next time.

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ciao, |
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