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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@misery.sdf.com>
To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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Subject: Re: Location of config files...
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On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Mark Murray wrote:

> It is slightly irritating to me that ports put their user-configurable
> files in /usr/local/etc instead of /etc.
> 
> The one that specifically springs to mind is TCP Wrappers.
> 
> What is the reason for this, and is there any objection to moving this
> back to /etc?

  Yes, I STRONGLY object to putting this in /etc.  ALL local additions 
should be put in /usr/local.

Tom