[Javier Kohen <root@jkohen.tough.com.ar>] libc/639: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance.

[Andreas Jaeger]

We've received the appended bug report where the author points out a
discrepancy between FHS and glibc for _PATH_MAILDIR.  FHS uses now
/var/mail but formerly /var/spool/mail was used - and is used by glibc.

FHS version 2.0 from October 26, 1997 says:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5.7  /var/mail : User mailbox files

This directory contains user mailbox files stored in the standard UNIX
mailbox format.


BEGIN RATIONALE

This directory was relocated from /var/spool/mail in order to bring FHS
in-line with nearly every UNIX implementation.  This change is important
for inter-operability since a single /var/mail is often shared between
multiple hosts and multiple UNIX implementations (despite NFS locking
issues).

END RATIONALE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Shall we ignore this change or follow it for glibc 2.1?  I'm in favor
of keeping it the way it is since I don't think the FHS is widely
adopted yet (or is it used by RedHat 5 and Debian 2.0?).

Andreas
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