On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:57:50PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: > Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 12:55:02PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote: > >> Since the default path is only a minor deviation from upstream and > > But it will break setups for people willing to roll their own uml > > kernels (or using binaries from sources other than debian's). > > I believe that a distribution should make things easy for those users > who wish to use the distro's mechanisms, while not making things > impossible for users who want to use their locally-built software. > > The latter group usually tends to know what they are doing; at least > I'd expect them to. Therefore, I'd rather burden them to put that > extra socket argument into their scripts.
then also moving the UML_SWITCH_CTL variable to /etc/defaults/uml-utilites can improve usability for them. > >> since it will benefit users who use the mechanisms added by the > >> uml-utlities package, I'd rather have the patch applied again. > > > > why not simply change our script to use the default in /tmp? > > That one is easy. ;-) > > Quoting from the FHS: > > ,----[ /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/fhs/fhs-2.3.txt.gz ] > | /var/run : Run-time variable data > | > | [...] > | > | Requirements > | > | [...] > | > | System programs that maintain transient UNIX-domain sockets must > | place them in this directory. > `---- got it. Shame on me for not reading the full paragraph before replying ;) thanks -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
