Unnamed sources report that Alan Cox said: > > but I haven't heard any technical reasons besides, "Moving spool > > directories is hard". When I and others have pointed out that moving > > the spool directory isn't required; just a symlink, I have heard dead > > silence. So the lack of technical discussion, but just a stony-silence > > "No!" is rather disappointing as far as I'm concerned. > > One simple one - I want my mail on the spool disk. Its in the grows > randomly, mostly crap, doesnt cause hassle if it fills for a while > category
No argument here. > I have no problem with a "both paths must one work one or more may be a > symlink". At that point however the FHS should mandate one which may be a > symlink only. Right now everyone uses /var/spool/mail whats the technical > reason for using /var/mail that is good enough to justify the change ? Compatibility with other *NIXs? So, for example, I set up my $500 Linux box to be a mail spool for a heterogeneous network of Sun, AIX, HP-UX, yada, yada - their stuff wants /var/mail (can't actually say about AIX, though). > While this is an open list, non-committee members are asked to lurk quietly. So much for lurking quietly. -- Kurt Wall Informix on Linux FAQ - http://www.xmission.com/~kwall/iolfaq.html Spanish Translation - http://www.xmission.com/~kwall/iolfaqsp.html
