[rt-devel] mason_data and session_data, cache or lib?

[Jesse Vincent]

Both of those should be nuked after a reboot. one is mason's cache.
another is a session cache. I don't think I'd trust either after a
reboot.


On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:17:50PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> I'm working on packaging RT3 so that it fits the FHS spec, by adding a FHS
> section to config.layout, and I'm wondering if masonstatedir and
> sessionstatedir are variable state information or cached data.
> 
> The difference between the two is that the "variable state" should be
> preserved after a reboot, whilst "cached data" is pruned by the application,
> or can be purged by the administrator, and the application will continue
> working.
> 
> I'm guessing that they should go into the "variable state" directory, but I
> just wanted to check if the data in them is actually just cache.
> 
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