hwclock bug #74

[David Seikel]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:01:22 -0400 Paul Fox <pgf at brightstareng.com>
wrote:

> i don't care either.  is the /var/lib path a "standard" of some
> sort?  if so i'd say try both.

Yes, it is a standard.  According to FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard)
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"/var/lib/hwclock : State directory for hwclock (optional)

Purpose

This directory contains the file /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime.

    Rationale: In FHS 2.1, this file was /etc/adjtime, but as hwclock
updates it, that was obviously incorrect."

Why this is incorrect is explained by -

"/etc : Host-specific system configuration

Purpose

The /etc hierarchy contains configuration files. A "configuration file"
is a local file used to control the operation of a program; it must be
static and cannot be an executable binary."

So, because adjtime is not static (it gets updated be hwclock) it should
live in /var/lib and not /etc.

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