From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 26 13:49:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4AE437B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:49:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 59824 invoked by uid 100); 26 Jan 2001 21:49:08 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14961.61652.841205.31224@guru.mired.org> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:49:08 -0600 (CST) To: "Louis A. Mamakos" Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" , Garrett Wollman , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch for test: /etc/shells -> /usr/local/etc/shells In-Reply-To: <200101262142.f0QLgaO69945@whizzo.transsys.com> References: <20010126220820.2fa3265a.steveo@eircom.net> <200101262121.QAA02884@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20010126223412.7eba6913.steveo@eircom.net> <200101262142.f0QLgaO69945@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 10) "Capitol Reef" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Louis A. Mamakos types: > 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. Other things seem to be moving in the direction of putting default values (that are updated with the system) in /etc/defaults, and local changes in /etc. That would suggest /etc/defaults/shells for the shells installed as part of the base system, and /etc/shells for shells added later, whether from ports or elsewhere. And I want the shed crimson with cream trim. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message