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3.3.4. Symbolic Links in syspaths Subpackages
Other than wrappers for binary files, there are more files that are suitable for installation outside of the
/opt, /etc/opt/, or /var/opt/ directories, and thus can be provided by syspaths subpackages. For example, you can make the path to database files (normally located under /var/opt/provider/%{scl}) easier to discover with a symbolic link located in /var/lib/. However, for some symbolic links, it is better not to install them in /var/lib/ under their original name as they may conflict with the name of the conventional RPM package from the base system installation.
A good idea is to name the symbolic link
/var/lib/software_collection_1-original_name or similar. For log files, a recommended name is /var/log/software_collection_1-original_name or similar. Keep in mind that the name itself is not important, the design goal here is make those files easy to find under the /var/lib/ or /var/log/ directories.
The same applies to configuration files, the goal is to make symbolic links easy to discover under the
/etc directory.
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