Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 01:34:35 +0400 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc Message-ID: <20060831213435.GA63400@rambler-co.ru> In-Reply-To: <200608311721.14081.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200608290920.k7T9KmV9067843@repoman.freebsd.org> <200608310848.30549.jhb@freebsd.org> <p0623091fc11cee9097e7@[128.113.24.47]> <200608311721.14081.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 05:21:13PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 31 August 2006 16:09, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > > At 8:48 AM -0400 8/31/06, John Baldwin wrote: > > >On Thursday 31 August 2006 06:18, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > >> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:00:04 +0400 > > > > Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > >> > > > > > No, /etc/defaults are different beasties -- they are true > > >> > default config files -- they are either used if there's no > > >> > corresponding version under /etc, or most likely sourced > > >> > to provide defaults. To be moved to /etc/defaults, a file > > >> > should gain the same property. > > >> > > >> While this comment is blatently obvious: /etc/examples > > > > > >This is already spelled /usr/share/examples/etc in FreeBSD. > >=20 > > Actually, as it stands right now that is not quite the same > > thing. Right now /usr/share/examples/etc holds *exact copies* > > of the files we install in /etc, for the reasons as described > > in /usr/share/examples/etc/README.examples : >=20 > I was thinking of /usr/share/examples/ppp (I thought it had > been under /usr/share/examples/etc/ppp). Having > /usr/share/examples/etc in its current form really isn't all > that useful as for one thing it has rotted a bunch. I think > instead that we should repurpose it for expanded versions of > files. The current format of /etc/printcap should be an example > file for example (it fits with /usr/share/examples/ppp style) > and I think we shouldn't even have an /etc/printcap installed > by default. Same with /etc/hosts.allow. >=20 /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf is the example to follow. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE91XrqRfpzJluFF4RAg9sAKCZPEBTrYtEGt8S1bkArL6bfGdPRgCdHEGt uI/HnRolksRWWiURtXRXTXc= =YL42 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --opJtzjQTFsWo+cga--
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