[companion-discuss] Proposing /usr/gnu, 2

[Rainer Orth]

Danek Duvall <danek.duvall at sun.com> writes:

> /usr/gnu/etc should almost certainly be /etc/gnu instead -- or a symlink to
> it -- in case /usr is a read-only filesystem.

Right.  Considering the GNU Coding Standards' section on `Variables for
Installation Directories'

	http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Directory-Variables

there are two similar cases:

* sharedstatedir should be /var/gnu/com (or /var/gnu, I don't really
  know).  /usr/gnu/com may not be writable, e.g. in sparse-root zones or on
  diskless clients.

* localstatedir should be /var/gnu.

	Rainer

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