From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Why /var/cache/git? Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:30:04 -0700 Message-ID: <7viq0ohknn.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <20101025103006.GA18782@brong.net> <4CC5A13F.2090702@eaglescrag.net> <20101026012224.GA3360@brong.net> <1288099299.8291.6.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> <20101026152218.3931.qmail@d862ae2b10e11a.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Drew Northup , Bron Gondwana , "J.H." , git@vger.kernel.org To: Gerrit Pape X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Oct 26 20:30:39 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PAoIA-0003Zp-Av for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:30:38 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933494Ab0JZSaU (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:30:20 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:56099 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756342Ab0JZSaT (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:30:19 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97A31E15A2; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:30:17 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=SzTgC3uFD/1vK36Qcx27jJji7VQ=; b=evXvFD Prv7RlHglF52rdIccZlo2MVzarFG8sgbKYfFekxUS7zDbaSV7MQczBU4zKyGDI+8 VzrSHbFemtLtU0InN0EUKccQ2wPM2zq7quCFi/41l61drKLawe2wkpVCrg9Pzzt8 IYtxZbHYqEcGUi3dQUEj96CS7Hako/Ij9MSpE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=iVJJ0wVD37Ai/SnRU5gzw/fEA56V0GDZ 9yMHJCdyDjPWoj9iK81NPgph9JCjjTVNG55pCpjhpXj29Z5Tc+Es805ljswdRFej XuNjoFoygRT0nIbhyCzCGNULyKOrIQjRIczZaM2Vr6C+X+UmAegzuT0YzdEYkpMy tZ3Vlq27RDg= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 469F2E159B; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:30:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.169.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5CEEDE1598; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:30:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20101026152218.3931.qmail@d862ae2b10e11a.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> (Gerrit Pape's message of "Tue\, 26 Oct 2010 15\:22\:18 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 11CA819C-E12F-11DF-B4ED-030CEE7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Gerrit Pape writes: > Hi, it's also not my preference, but Debian adheres to the FHS. > Unfortunately /var/git is not allowed by the FHS, so a different > location must be chosen for Debian. It seems that /var/lib/ seems to be more appropriate place to store persistent database-y stuff. I see e.g. /var/lib/postgresql there.