Move /usr/sup to /var/db/sup?

[Crist J. Clark]

Just a minor thing, but I would think[0] most people would agree that
/var/db/sup is a much more logical place for the CVSup "base" directory
than /usr/sup. Yes, it doesn't take up much space on /usr, but for
those who don't want to write to /usr[1] too much or mount /usr read-
only, it's an irritant.

Of course, there is one big reason not to change it, because it would
be a change.

Personally, I don't think it will be disruptive to make changes to the
example files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. People who already have
/usr/sup populated are using their own localized versions of these
files, so the change won't affect them (not that losing the "sup"
directory is that big of a deal). A person starting with a copy of
one of the examples is probably starting a fresh CVSup and will be
creating a new sup dir anyway.

Anyone have objections to going through the example supfiles with,

--- cvs-supfile 4 May 2004 20:03:50 -0000       1.42
+++ cvs-supfile 21 May 2004 19:30:23 -0000
@@ -53 +53 @@
-*default base=/usr
+*default base=/var/db

[0] But with any seemingly insignificant change like this, there is
an excellent chance some people out there do not agree and will
be quite vocal about it.

[1] Or / if /usr doesn't have its own file system. The same arguments
apply.
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Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark at alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark at jhu.edu
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