[systemd-bugs] [Bug 67553] moving etc/udev/hwdb.bin to /lib/syslocal

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Tue Jul 30 10:38:49 PDT 2013


https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67553

--- Comment #3 from Michał Górny <mgorny at gentoo.org> ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Created attachment 83316 [details]
> move-hwdb-to-lib-syslocal.patch
> 
> It is annoying to have an empty hwdb.bin in /etc
> (bzip2 compresses to 1Mbyte insted of given 5Mbyte)

I don't understand. Why do you have an empty hwdb.bin and what are you talking
about?

> I would prefer
> /lib/syslocal
> as a place for local startup helpers.

While /etc is far from perfect, /lib is even worse. /lib is for read-only stuff
that should get touched only by the package manager -- apps, libs, etc.
hwdb.bin is more of machine-generated data that fits /var.

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