RFC: MacPorts Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

js ebgssth at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 15:47:57 PST 2008


> js wrote:
>  > Let's say I just installed mysql5 and apache2.
>  >
>  > Where's the configuration files?
>  > for mysq5, It's located in ${prefix}/etc/mysql5 by default.
>  > for apache2 ${prefix}/apache2/conf/ by default.
>  >
>  > Where's the log files?
>  > mysql5 uses /opt/local/var/db/mysql5
>  > apache2 uses /opt/local/apache2/logs/
>
>  That's a special case for apache2 there we came to the conclusion that
>  it should be changed.

Hmm, taking apache2 for example was not fair.
Instead, take php5 for example.
it installs the followings.

  /opt/local/etc/php.ini-dist
  /opt/local/etc/php.ini-recommended


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