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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: comments on KDE performance tips
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-01-16 12:00:24
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On Thursday 16 January 2003 12:51, Andy Fawcett wrote:
> Because /var/cache is not a portable location. Doesn't exist on FreeBSD,
> doesn't appear on Solaris (8, at least), and might not appear on some
> of our other supported platforms.
>
> Sorry to be blunt, but there's life outside the FHS, and some of these
> standards are at least as long established. For example, on (Free)BSD
> we have to follow the standard laid down by "man 7 hier", which has
> been around since AT&T Unix v7

On Linux-incompatible systems it can be put somewhere else. Just tell me what 
a suitable place is according to "man 7 hier".

Cheers,
Waldo
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