[haiku-development] Re: /boot/home/config vs. /boot/common

"Donn Cave" <donn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is probably more obvious to someone who already knows what it 
> means,
> but somewhere I hope it's documented in a little more detail.  Like,
> what does "system-wide" mean - if I'm writing an install script, how 
> do
> I know what is system-wide and what isn't?
> 
> If there's really a point in creating a new, competing platform-
> specific
> install location, it's important for that purpose to be described as
> unambiguously as possible.  Otherwise you can end up with something 
> that
> was started with good intentions, but actually makes life worse by
> splitting stuff more or less at random between two locations.  
> (Really
> I think that outcome is nearly guaranteed, but I hope I'm wrong.)

/boot/system is for the system, and only for the system. You don't 
alter it.
/boot/common is for *any* resources you add that are shared between 
users.
/boot/home/ is the playfield for the one user there currently is.

Bye,
   Axel.

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