[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq's use of /var/lib/misc/

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Dec 4 19:45:43 GMT 2007


Jima wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Simon Kelley wrote:
> 
>>I chose /var/lib/misc originally for no good reason, I just looked for a
>>directory which already existed so that "make install" would be simpler.
>>I'm sure that /var/lib/dnsmasq is more technically correct, but
>>unilaterally making the change in the distributed tarball will break
>>existing installations and upset people.
> 
> 
>   But you have no qualms with a downstream-applied patch?  That's probably 
> the route I'd go.

None at all.

Cheers,

Simon.



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