Re: New postfix vs. /var

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 09:42:39AM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
 > > >      Does /var/lib/postfix contain files that the user ever has to look
 > > > at?  If not, then there is no reason to worry about where the files are
 > > > placed.
 > > 
 > > That's not really true; files I theoretically don't have to look at
 > > are still entropy in the FS namespace. Which matters to people who
 > > like to keep track of what's going on around the house.
 > > 
 > > (Also, such files have a way of becoming corrupted and ultimately
 > > needing attention after all.)
 > 
 > I think John meant this as an argument *against* putting it in /var/lib.

Oh, well in that case... :-)

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David A. Holland
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