Registry in /var/lib - shoudl be /var/cache

Loïc Minier lool@dooz.org
Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:16:50 +0200


        Hi,

 I just noticed that GStreamer is configured with:
    --with-cachedir=/var/lib/gstreamer/0.8

 On my system, this holds compreg.xml and registry.xml, both seemingly
 not very valuable.

 Is there any historic reason to have these things in /var/lib instead
 of /var/cache?

 Here's what FHS has to say:
 http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARCACHEAPPLICATIONCACHEDAT=
A
 http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMAT=
ION

   Bye,

-- 
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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