On Friday, October 21, 2016 2:37:32 PM EDT Martin Preisler wrote:
> This has been bugging me for a while. The default install location of SSG
> datastream is:
> 
> /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-$PRODUCT-ds.xml
> 
> This is ridiculous! Why was this super long and complex path chosen? I can't
> find this mandated by any standard, it seems to be our own invention. [1]
> 
> Why not just
> /usr/share/scap/ssg ?

Doesn't the Linux FHS say xml data files belong in /usr/share/xml? Then 
presumably you want to differentiate with a directory under that.

-Steve

> With /usr/share/scap being the standard location for any SCAP content?
> 
> If we decide to change this we'd have to symlink
> /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ -> /usr/share/scap/ssg
> for compatibility. This path is hardcoded in SCAP Workbench, Foreman SCAP
> integration and other tools.
> 
> I can change this quite easily right now because I am reimplementing the
> install support in cmake. Feedback welcome.
> 
> 
> [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=usr%20share%20xml%20scap

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