[aur-general] applications wants to use /var/log

[nathan owe.]

I am making a package for MyServer app. it is giving error
/bin/install: cannot change permissions of `/var/log/myserver

i dont see that dir listed as a ok dir to use in pkgbuild so what do i use?

Re: [aur-general] applications wants to use /var/log

[stefan-husm...@t-online.de]

-Original Message-
 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:22:13 +0200
 Subject: [aur-general] applications wants to use /var/log
 From: nathan owe. 
 To: aur-general@archlinux.org

 I am making a package for MyServer app. it is giving error
 /bin/install: cannot change permissions of `/var/log/myserver 
 i dont see that dir listed as a ok dir to use in pkgbuild so what do i
 use? 
 
Hello, 

IMHO packages should not create logfiles at all. Try to patch out the
according lines in the Makefile. If the directory connot be created at
first runtime, create and remove the directory using an installfile.

Regards Stefan