[arch-general] /srv/ vs. /home/httpd/html

[Jon Kristian Nilsen]

Ok, thanks for clearing this up.

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Aaron Schaefer <aaron at elasticdog.com>wrote:

> I'd guess it's because that is what is recommended by the FHS:
>
>
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM
>
> I kind of like having it separate, and think it makes sense, even
> though that's not what I've always been used to. It's definitely a
> more consistent and centralized location to store things that are
> served by the system.
>
> --
> Aaron "ElasticDog" Schaefer
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Jon Kristian Nilsen
> <jokr.nilsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know this change has been running for some time now, but out of
> curiousity
> > i'd like to know why it's been descided to put phpmyadmin/apache stuff in
> a
> > new root folder called /srv/ instead of /home/*
> > Isn't this a very personal setup compared to having this in the already
> > existing /home/ folder? And not to forget that the change created a great
> > deal of extra work for users who has been using /home/..
> >
> > /srv/ must have some hidden important stability boosts?? And please don't
> > get me wrong, i don't really care,
> > since i have most of these folders mounted the way i want them, im still
> > going to rebuild these packages and more using abs.
> >
> > Im just curious...
> >
> > -JK
> >
>
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