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

[Brooks Davis]

On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:36:05PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> 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.

This seems reasionable.  If you're going to do it, I suggest adding
/var/db/sup to the appropriate mtree file so it always exists.  That
way people who blindly copy their supfiles to /usr/sup will still get
something that works and their finger memory won't be broken.

-- Brooks

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