Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:37:29 -0500 From: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What we keep under /etc Message-ID: <41683DF9.9050108@gamersimpact.com> In-Reply-To: <41682C4C.2040303@wadham.ox.ac.uk> References: <200410071355.i97DtSJq024575@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041009011553.01708de1@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20041009114544.080344bd@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20041009222726U.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20041009184627.26e9a57f@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> <41682C4C.2040303@wadham.ox.ac.uk>
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Colin Percival wrote: > Brian Somers wrote: > >> Ok, so etc/mtree can be left out. What about etc/periodic and etc/rc.d? > > > Would it be possible to add a /etc/defaults/rc.d and have /etc/rc > take its scripts from there unless a file with the same name exists > in /etc/rc.d? Then files could be installed automatically into > /etc/defaults/rc.d, and anyone who wanted to modify something would > just have to copy the appropriate file into /etc/rc.d and edit it > there. (As a bonus, this is backwards-compatible with the existing > setup.) > > Colin Percival Or instead, install all the default scripts to /etc/defaults/rc.d and have them as symlinks in /etc/rc.d. That way if someone wants to modify a script they just replace the symlink with their copy. Then when we update with installworld only install to /etc/defaults/rc.d. Then the custom file will not be touched. -- Ryan Sommers ryans@gamersimpact.com
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