Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 17:01:35 +0600 (GMT+0600) From: "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su> To: gryphon@healer.com (Coranth Gryphon) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <199509221101.RAA24680@hq.icb.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <199509211228.IAA23028@healer.com> from "Coranth Gryphon" at Sep 21, 95 08:28:57 am
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> > Serge Babkin (babkin@hq.icb.chel.su) comments: > >Coranth Gryhon writes: > > +> Yuk. One sub-directory of /etc being used just to have symlinks to > > +> another sub-directory of /etc? > > > Old SCO had hard links and it was a big problem because they had a bad > > trend to restore as separate files from backups. So symbolic links > > look better. > > I've had the unfortunate experience of using SCO and its > "/var/.../sco/K/.../*" links. Please god not again. > > Symbolic links are only needed if you cannot put something in the place > that it belongs for some reason. Startup and config information belongs > in /etc/... (that's what the directory is there for). > > If you NEED to put it in another place (/usr/X11 or /usr/local) then > fine, put a symlink in /etc. Else just put it orignally in /etc. Yes, their place in SCO is very strange. But IMO the idea of symlinks is good or at least much better than hard links. Just place these scripts in /etc instead of /var/.../sco/K/*. Or make 'start' and 'stop' scripts really different files without any links. Serge Babkin ! (babkin@hq.icb.chel.su) ! Headquarter of Joint Stock Commercial Bank "Chelindbank" ! Chelyabinsk, Russia
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