Hi Jame,   
      
   Rj Clay wrote to All:   
   RC> 08 Apr 13 08:49, I wrote to all:   
   RC>  RC> 07 Apr 13 19:46, I wrote to all:   
   RC>    
   RC>  RC> One relatively easy way (besides that there are so many places where   
   RC>  RC> it would need to be changed...) to correct it would be to use a   
   RC>  RC> different environmental variable, perhaps MBSE_ETC or just MBSE_VAR,   
   RC>    
   RC>    Found at least one instance of the same kind of issue for a 'var/' path    
      
   RC> file (var/mailer.hist in mbcico/answer.c), so perhaps MBSE_VAR would be    
   RC> better...   
      
   FHS still leaves room for /opt. There were two things that made me use /opt.   
   When I started mbsebbs, FHS was still on the drawing board. And even now,   
   not everyone strctly uses FHS. The very first versions were using FHS but   
   that made it impossible to use on some distributions. Today this is not an   
   issue anymore.   
      
   But the most important thing is the typical access and ownership of all the   
   directories that mbse uses. For instance, never mix mbsebbs home directories   
   with system home directories. It breaks for things that build hardcoded   
   paths on the mbse_root setting. Where would you point that to? Most stuff   
   expects all files on that directory.   
      
      
   So ask yourself this, is it worth changing it?   
      
   gtx, Michiel.   
      
      
      
       Greetings, Michiel Broek   
      
   Email:   mbse at fido dot mbse dot eu   
   Fidonet: Michiel Broek at 2:280/2802   
      
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