Re: [hylafax-users] Debian Install Path Questions

[Georg Lerch <kidlark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bodo Meissner wrote:
> 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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> 
Hi,
I've installed Hylafax on Debian as well (I compiled the sources) and I
have no /etc/hylafax directory. I've got only /var/spool/hylafax/etc.

and it works,
mostly.

Georg



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