/usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap

[Colin Percival]

Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2005.08.06 01:59:57 -0700, Colin Percival wrote:
>>Is this a reasonable excuse for violating hier(7) and putting the
>>compressed snapshot into /usr/portsnap?  For reference, the port keeps
>>the snapshot in /usr/local/portsnap.
> 
> Wouldn't it make sense to put in on /var, and if people do not have
> enough space there, they can just symlink the portsnap directory to a
> location that has enough space?

Probably... I'm just worried about inexperienced FreeBSD users who would
see an error message about /var being full and not know what to do about
it.

Colin Percival