Re: ifupdown writes to /etc... a bug?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>]

Hi martin!

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, martin f krafft wrote:
> before i file this with the BTS, gimme your opinions...
> 
> ifupdown manages the state of interfaces with the file
> /etc/network/ifstate. this file is being written to. isn't that
> a violation of the FHS, and should ifstate not live under /var?

Maybem but it probably creates a lot of headaches. /etc is the ONLY
directory with guaranteed early write access.  Some stuff IS bound to
have to use /etc instead of /var.

I would love to have ifstate go kabloom (as in not exist at all), though :)

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