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On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Peter Lindgren wrote:
my own private mail server admin, I just wonder why the sysconf and state
dirs defaults to $prefix? Maybe I'm old-school, but isn't /etc and /var,
Points of view vary. As others already said, /etc and /var
Timo wrote:
> I think it's pretty much a standard to place all the files under $prefix by
> default. It's also useful in some cases. For example I don't have root
> access to the server where my mails are located, so I just build Dovecot
> (and many other software) with --prefix=$HOME and everyt
On Jan 3, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Peter Lindgren wrote:
I try to build a new 1.1.7 installation. Since I'm not a large
sysadmin, just my own private mail server admin, I just wonder why
the sysconf and state dirs defaults to $prefix? Maybe I'm old-
school, but isn't /etc and /var, respectively, a
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Johan 'yosh' Marklund wrote:
> Isn't /usr/local/ the default to prevent collisions with dist. provided
> files?
>
Yes, basically.
Johan 'yosh' Marklund skrev:
Isn't /usr/local/ the default to prevent collisions with dist. provided
files?
The binaries defaults to /usr/local, and distro's binaries defaults to /usr?
Anyway, the config and state directories shouldn't matter if they are
the same, right?
/Peter
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Peter Lin
Isn't /usr/local/ the default to prevent collisions with dist. provided
files?
/yosh
Peter Lindgren skrev:
> Hi!
> I try to build a new 1.1.7 installation. Since I'm not a large
> sysadmin, just my own private mail server admin, I just wonder why the
> sysconf and state dirs defaults to $prefix?
Hi!
I try to build a new 1.1.7 installation. Since I'm not a large sysadmin,
just my own private mail server admin, I just wonder why the sysconf and
state dirs defaults to $prefix? Maybe I'm old-school, but isn't /etc and
/var, respectively, a better default than /usr/local? Should require two
