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From: Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com>
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Subject: Re: ports startup scripts
To: gryphon@healer.com (Coranth Gryphon)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 08:35:50 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199509220427.AAA02389@healer.com> from "Coranth Gryphon" at Sep 22, 95 00:27:36 am
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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
> Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@heale.com> wrote:
> +> Crontab entries, yes. Package data, I could go either way with.

> Package data could equally well go in /usr/local.
> It really doesn't belong in /var.
> I'll buy "at" in var. I think /etc/dumpdates might go in /var as well.

This all works for me.

>> > This is a problem anyway, since there are other per-machine config files
>> > in /usr/local.

> +> That's part of the complaint. They shouldn't be.

> /usr/local/ghostscript/3.0/Fontmap?

OK. Something I do not use, so have no experience with.

The general point is that if it can reasonable change from system to
system, then it belongs in /etc. If it definately will change from system
to system, put it in one easy-to-get-to place (I use /etc/inet for
all my host-specific files). If it is a generic configuration that won't
likely ever change, it can go anywhere it wants.

-coranth

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