Re: [hylafax-users] Debian Install Path Questions

[Bodo Meissner <bodo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Am 2005.05.13 23:23 schrieb(en) Paul D. Kraus:
>  What is the difference between
> /var/spool/hylafax/etc and /etc/hylafax/
> They are not symbolic links but contain the same files.

Hello Paul,

Debian's policy requires configuration files to reside in /etc. It's  
common to have a directory /etc/<packagename> which contains all  
configuration files for a specific package.

Hylafax requires the files to be in /var/spool/hylafax/etc.

I think /var/spool/hylafax/etc cannot be a symbolic link to  
/etc/hylafax because hylafax runs or may run in a chroot environment.
Making /etc/hylafax a symbolic link to /var/spool/hylafax/etc does not  
comply with Debian's policy.
(Guiseppe as the maintainer may correct me if I'm wrong or if I forgot  
something.)

You are expected to do all modifications in /etc/hylafax and the  
startup script will copy all modified files to /var/spool/hylafax/etc.


Bodo

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