[syslog-ng] [Bug 117] New: syslog-ng.persist should not reside in /var/lib

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https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=117

           Summary: syslog-ng.persist should not reside in /var/lib
           Product: syslog-ng
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: unspecified
         Component: syslog-ng
        AssignedTo: bazsi at balabit.hu
        ReportedBy: wlt at obsidian-studios.com
Type of the Report: ---
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


syslog-ng uses a syslog-ng.persist file that is created in /var/lib. Per FHS 2.3
that should exist in a subdir, if not one specific to syslog-ng, then
/var/lib/misc.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION

An application (or a group of inter-related applications) must use a
subdirectory of /var/lib for its data. There is one required subdirectory,
/var/lib/misc, which is intended for state files that don't need a
subdirectory; the other subdirectories should only be present if the
application in question is included in the distribution. [38]

[38] An important difference between this version of this standard and previous
ones is that applications are now required to use a subdirectory of /var/lib. 


This causes problems on diskless systems with a shared /var/lib. Subdirs that
contain unique per system data are not shared, and instead mounted on top of
the shared /var/lib. I could do the same thing even for a single file,
syslog-ng.persist in this case. However given FHS, it should be written in a
subdir. Which I can then make that unique per system, like other subdirs in
/var/lib that are not shared amongst all diskless systems.


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