Re: Which variable expands to /var?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Eric Blake wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback.  I withdraw my support for a --with-fhs option;
> instead, I'm adding this to the manual:

It seems to me that the documentation should include a warning that OS 
distributions should not provide a default config.site file with this 
content or else users will accidentally overwrite formally packaged 
tools.

Bob

> 2008-02-08  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
>
>         Describe a config.site that can be used for FHS compliance.
>         * doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo.  Add new example
>         for FHS.
>         * THANKS: Update.
>         Reported by Jules Colding and Ralf Wildenhues.
>
> Should the manual also offer a link to this URL?
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
>
> - --
> Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
>
> Eric Blake             address@hidden
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