Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 21:02:15 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: /usr/local/etc/*.d... Message-ID: <199611282002.VAA16312@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199611281319.XAA15325@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Nov 28, 96 11:49:27 pm"
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As Michael Smith wrote: > Edit the value of 'local_startup' in /etc/sysconfig to wherever you > want it to be. It's right at the top of the file; hard to miss. This still leaves you with the problem that (almost) all the files under /usr/local/etc/ are not shareable. It's the location where the config files reside, these are often machine-dependant (like ssh keys etc.). I've solved this by making /usr/local/etc a symlink. Perhaps sysinstall should offer this as an option? > > A good example of the "greying" of this area is the XFree config file > > (/etc/XF86Config). By definition, shouldn't this live someplace in > > /usr/X11R6? But unlike with ports/packages, this file has not been _extracted_ there, but installed using a configuration tool. You are not forced to use this configuration tool, nor are you forced to finally agree when it's asking ``Shall i write?''. So it's already been the decision of the local admin to put it there, as opposed to some automatic installation. > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config. I don't know why XF86Setup puts it in > /etc, which is the "local override" location; I presume lack of > testing on the part of the suppoed XF86Setup/FreeBSD betatesters > (oops). Barely. It's intention, since the configuration of an X11 server is heavily machine-dependant. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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