[Box Backup-dev] Re: [Box Backup-commit] COMMIT r2063 - in box/trunk/bin: bbackupd bbstored

[James O'Gorman]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:58:35PM +0000, subversion@fluffy.co.uk wrote:
> Likewise, use @localstatedir_expanded@ as default location for temporary
> state (*.pid and bbackupd.sock), defaults to /usr/local/var, although
> /var/run may be better on LFS systems.

I must admit, I'm not sure about this. I've never seen a /usr/local/var
on any system, and /var/run is generally a pretty safe place to put
pidfiles and sockets.

Does autoconf make it possible to change the default location for
localstatedir or would it have to be another kludge in configure.ac?

James