Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:41:42 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Files installed to /etc, (was: review request) Message-ID: <199604292241.PAA05374@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <1304.830808340@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Apr 29, 96 08:05:40 pm
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> Isn't the problem here that all of these things should be put in another > directory, from which the root can copy them to /etc if he wants to ? > > The only two cases in which we actually populate /etc are: > > a) initial install or upgrade. > > b) explicit command from root. > > How about making all installs into /etc end up in /usr[*]etc instead, > and then have one target in a makefile somewhere that would wack everything > from there to /etc, if that is what the "root" wants ? > > [*] could be something like > / except that the historial luggage of /usr/etc is bad. > /lib/ which isn't quite according to the spirit of the place > /libdata/ --//-- > /libexec/ --//-- > something else which I didn't think of. > > The cost would be 416 Kb in the /usr filesystem, and one benefit would > be that the root easier can recover from SDIEMATVSF(*) and similar ailments > > It would also simplify the task of setting up diskless machines... And Upgrades! YES, YES, YES! What Poul said! Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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