where to install data? (boinc)

[Brooks Davis]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:27:13PM -0600, Robin Schoonover wrote:
> I need some advice involving installation locations...
> 
> I've pretty much have boinc ported over, but I want to make sure I'm doing
> the right thing with the default installation location.
> 
> Currently I have boinc installed into /var/db/boinc to be consistant with
> where setiathome puts its data files (I think I can see the reasoning on
> why /var would be a good place). If you tweak PREFIX you can have boinc be
> installed somewhere else. Also, there is an rcNG script I have written,
> which by default gets installed into ${LOCALBASE}/etc/rc.d/ (also
> tweakable).
> 
> All the other boinc data lives in /var/db/boinc (so setiathome, or
> seti_boinc as I should probably call it, gets installed to
> /var/db/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu).
> 
> Should I continue to have it install to the /var partition, or not mess
> with PREFIX and have the default be ${LOCALBASE}?

I believe this is the correct thing to do.  You should create the
directory in the pkg-install script and then, if it is empty, delete it
on uninstall (you need to use an @unexec statement).

-- Brooks

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