On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 02:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 3.7.1 Purpose > /etc contains configuration files and directories that are specific to the > current system. > > 3.7.4 Indicates that > > "Host-specific configuration files for add-on application software packages > must be installed within the directory /etc/opt/<package>, where <package> is > the name of the subtree in /opt where the static data from that package is > stored." > > 3.12 indicates: /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application > software packages. > > A package to be installed in /opt must locate its static files in a separate > /opt/<package> directory tree, where <package> is a name that describes the > software package. ... > It would make most sense, based on FHS, for PostgreSQL information to > assortedly reside in: > > - /etc/opt/postgresql or /etc/postgresql, for static config information;
I feel that /opt (and therefore /etc/opt) are intended for the use of vendors; so commercial packages designed to fit in with FHS should use those. I don't think they are for locally built stuff. No matter; it illustrates the main point, which is that these things should be easily configurable. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us." Psalms 67:1 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org