POLL: location of reaver's wpc directory (/etc/reaver)

[rofl0r]

i found it weird since i first used reaver that it would install its reaver.db and when used, write .wpc files into /etc/reaver... since /etc is meant to be a directory for static configuration data that's not supposed to change, and many embedded distros even mount it on read-only storage.
imo /var/lib/reaver is a much better suited place (and i actually use reaver this way since almost day one).

according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard :

/etc
Host-specific system-wide configuration files

/var
Variable files—files whose content is expected to continually change during normal operation of the system—such as logs, spool files, and temporary e-mail files.

feel free to discuss your opinion.

[soxrok2212]

Move to /var!

[kimocoder]

Agreed with @soxrok2212 -- go for /var

[kcdtv]

It doesn't matter that much: Paths are paths; and others developers could have good arguments to put it in /opt or /home...
For me it is OK as long as there is a dedicated directory (( and that it is not /tmp. 😺 ))
I had no problem to have it in /etc, saying so /var is a logical place to put them so I am really OK with the proposal.

[Techwolf]

I just upgraded to 1.6.2 from 1.5.2. Turns out that on a gentoo system, /var/lib/lib/reaver is the path used. Note the double /lib path there.

[rofl0r]

what's in the ebuild ?