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Re: [Javier Kohen <root@jkohen.tough.com.ar>] libc/639: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance.
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- Subject: Re: [Javier Kohen <root@jkohen.tough.com.ar>] libc/639: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance.
- From: miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
- Date: 24 May 1998 20:41:00 +0200
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- Organization: Cistron Internet ervices B.V.
- References: <u8hg2ffz72.fsf@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
In article <u8hg2ffz72.fsf@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>,
Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> wrote:
>We've received the appended bug report where the author points out a
>discrepancy between FHS and glibc for _PATH_MAILDIR. FHS uses now
>/var/mail but formerly /var/spool/mail was used - and is used by glibc.
>
>Shall we ignore this change or follow it for glibc 2.1? I'm in favor
>of keeping it the way it is since I don't think the FHS is widely
>adopted yet (or is it used by RedHat 5 and Debian 2.0?).
One of the goals for Debian 2.1 is FHS compliance. Debian 2.0 doesn't use
the FHS but the old FSSTND, but that doesn't matter as it doesn't use
glibc-2.1 either.
Mike.
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