[Buildroot] Making --localstatedir=/var global?

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday, April 29, 2011 07:38:17 Daniel Nyström wrote:
> I see many packages defines localstatedir to point at /var - what do
> you think about making it a global default by putting it in
> Makefile.autotools.in?
> 
> There are a few exceptions though:
> dhcp/dhcp.mk: defines localstatedir to /var/lib/dhcp
> links/links.mk: defines localstatedir to /tmp
> proftpd/proftpd.mk: defines localstatedir to /var/run
> 
> All of these are (AFAIK) errornous use of the localstatedir variable,
> and could be corrected using patches instead.

i dont think many of those are correct.  it should default to /var/lib 
(because that's where local state data lives).  if a package (like dhcp) wants 
something more specific, then a subdir under /var/run is OK.
-mike
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