gnats file placement

gnats file placement

[Peter Novodvorsky]

Hello!

default gnats package has some problems with FHS. I think, that
this problems should be resolved before GNATS 4 release. It is
obvious that all databases should go to /var/lib/gnats. databases,
dbconfig, global host_access should go to /etc/gnats. 

But, how should we deal with pr-edit, diff-prs etc. I think that
/usr/lib/gnats isn't the best place for them.  Maybe we could move
them to /usr/sbin?

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Re: gnats file placement

[Yngve Svendsen]

At 21:44 03.06.01 +0400, Peter Novodvorsky wrote:

>Hello!
>
>default gnats package has some problems with FHS. I think, that
>this problems should be resolved before GNATS 4 release. It is
>obvious that all databases should go to /var/lib/gnats. databases,
>dbconfig, global host_access should go to /etc/gnats.
>
>But, how should we deal with pr-edit, diff-prs etc. I think that
>/usr/lib/gnats isn't the best place for them.  Maybe we could move
>them to /usr/sbin?

I think all backend programs should go in /usr/local/sbin.

I do suspect that these things won't happen for 4.0, but one thing that I 
think is fairly pressing is the placement of the global gnatsd.host_access 
and gnatsd.access files. They are currently located in the rather illogical 
location of /PREFIX/share/gnats. They should be located together with the 
other global files, namely the databases and send-pr.conf files, currently 
in /usr/local/etc/gnats. Preferably, all these files should then be moved 
to /etc/gnats.

Yngve Svendsen
Gnatsweb maintainer

Re: gnats file placement

[Milan Zamazal]

>>>>> "YS" == Yngve Svendsen <yngve.svendsen@clustra.com> writes:

    YS> I do suspect that these things won't happen for 4.0, but one
    YS> thing that I think is fairly pressing is the placement of the
    YS> global gnatsd.host_access and gnatsd.access files. They are
    YS> currently located in the rather illogical location of
    YS> /PREFIX/share/gnats. They should be located together with the
    YS> other global files, namely the databases and send-pr.conf files,
    YS> currently in /usr/local/etc/gnats.

You're right, fixed.

    YS> Preferably, all these files should then be moved to /etc/gnats.

This is in the hands of autoconf, that sets ${sysconfdir} to
${prefix}/etc unconditionally.

Regards,

Milan Zamazal

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Re: gnats file placement

[Milan Zamazal]

>>>>> "PN" == Peter Novodvorsky <nidd@altlinux.ru> writes:

    PN> default gnats package has some problems with FHS. I think, that
    PN> this problems should be resolved before GNATS 4 release. It is
    PN> obvious that all databases should go to
    PN> /var/lib/gnats. databases, dbconfig, global host_access should
    PN> go to /etc/gnats.

Yes.

    PN> But, how should we deal with pr-edit, diff-prs etc. I think that
    PN> /usr/lib/gnats isn't the best place for them.  Maybe we could
    PN> move them to /usr/sbin?

I think /usr/sbin is not a good location, since those files are only
internal utilities not intended to be used directly.

I think their current location is in compliance with FHS:

       4.4  /usr/lib : Libraries for programming and packages

       /usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries that
       are not intended to be executed directly by users or shell scripts.

Regards,

Milan Zamazal

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