Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:42:36 -0500 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch for test: /etc/shells -> /usr/local/etc/shells Message-ID: <200101262142.f0QLgaO69945@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jan 2001 22:34:12 %2B0100." <20010126223412.7eba6913.steveo@eircom.net> References: <20010126220820.2fa3265a.steveo@eircom.net> <200101262121.QAA02884@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20010126223412.7eba6913.steveo@eircom.net>
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> Perhaps /etc/shells is the least of all evils here. I think there's way too much paranoia about software systems putting stuff into /etc. It intended to contain host-specific configuration data I think there's value in having this configuration data in one or very few places so you're not chasing stuff all over the file system. I think that /etc/X11 which came along with the XFree86 4 port is a step in the right direction, too. Frankly, I'd rather have an /etc/local than /usr/local/etc for that sort configuration data so that it's in one place, and backed up along with the rest of the hosts's configuration. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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