Re: /usr/local/com

On Fri, 31 Oct 2014, worik wrote:

> At this point I find that in /usr/local/etc/gnats/databases is the line
> "default:Bug database:/usr/local/com/gnatsdb". 
> 
> /usr/local/com/??  What is that?

Per the "Variables for Installation Directories" in the GNU Coding 
Standards
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html

sharedstatedir

    The directory for installing architecture-independent data files 
which the programs modify while they run. This should normally be 
/usr/local/com, but write it as $(prefix)/com. (If you are using 
Autoconf, write it as @sharedstatedir@.)

As an example, see many ./configure scripts that have:
  --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data 
[PREFIX/com]