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Date:      Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:48:16 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make.conf 
Message-ID:  <2385.904524496@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:27:19 %2B0200." <199808301927.VAA13673@gratis.grondar.za> 

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> I like the above breakdown, but not all the locations - these files
> smell like configuration stuff to me; that is /etc fodder.

Only in the old world - we're trying to get stuff OUT of /etc now,
remember? :-)

> /usr/src/conf.mk - OK.
> /usr/ports/conf.mk - OK.
> /usr/share/mk/conf.mk - Buried too deep in the "WTF was that file again??"
> pile. I reckon that should be in /etc, and called /etc/global.mk

If you're going to leave it in /etc then call it the same as the others
for consistency.  But I still don't think it should live in /etc, buried
or not. :-)

- Jordan



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