On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:07:32PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Steve Langasek pointed out[1] that the location /srv/tftp could be used, > > but no package should provide any file in it. I consider this would > > defeat the purpose of having a standard location (pxelinux.0 and > > elilo.efi couldn't be dropped by respective packages). Also, Russ > > Allbery[2] argued that using /srv/* might violate the FHS. So I've > > switched to /var/lib/tftpboot. > > For the record, I found Steve's argument convincing, but indeed, you'd > have to stop shy of shipping files in that path. You *could*, however, > query for the tftp root and symlink files there, although I don't know if > tftp servers follow symlinks.
As an example, I would love if the netboot debian-installer was available as a debian package. > I'm not horribly fond of shipping files in /var/lib either, but... there > aren't a lot of great options here, I understand. It's very similar to > the problem with configuring web applications. In any case we should adopt a policy consistent with the web applications policy. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
