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Re: Why /var/cache/git?

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Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
Date
Oct 28, 2010, 15:53 UTC
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:30:04AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> writes:
> > Hi, it's also not my preference, but Debian adheres to the FHS.
> > Unfortunately /var/git is not allowed by the FHS, so a different
> > location must be chosen for Debian.
> 
> It seems that /var/lib/ seems to be more appropriate place to store
> persistent database-y stuff. I see e.g. /var/lib/postgresql there.
I agree and re-opened
 http://bugs.debian.org/483788
Regards, Gerrit.
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