Bug#2409: xbase always asks question about xdm, and conffiles prompt

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Chris Fearnley writes:
> 'Ian Jackson wrote:'
> >Chris Fearnley writes ("Re: Bug#2409: xbase always asks question about xdm, and conffiles prompt"):
> >...
> >> Is there a scratch directory where packages can store [...]
> >> information [like whether to start xdm]?  Something like
> >> /etc/configs?  I find the clutter in /etc with papersize and so on
> >> too complicating.  I'd prefer a subdirectory of /etc where this type
> >> of info can be stored.  Red Hat uses a subdirectory /etc/sysconfig.
> >> I much prefer their approach here.
> >
...
> >What distinction did you want to make between files or directories
> >that ought to be in /etc itself and those you wanted in the
> >subdirectory ?
>
> /etc/files-with-little-tinsy-notes-that-are-parsed-by-other-scripts-in-etc.
> OK, that's too long.  After a few minutes thought, I've convinced
> myself that I shouldn't be the one to pick a name :) The files I'm
> referring to are things like /etc/papersize, /etc/gpm-mousetype
> (doesn't exist yet), /etc/xdm, etc.

/etc/misc ?

Ian.