[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] Marek Michalkiewicz: > I don't think it is a step back. This would make it possible to do > all the configuration in little shell files, separate from the init > scripts (which wouln't then need to be configurable). This approach does not let you to transparently inherit settings from other locations. You can't, for example, have a master configuration database, shared between all systems on your site, and a per-system one, which overrides the master database when necessary. (Well, you can, but it's more painful.) It is restricted to /bin/sh scripts. It's not as easily portable to perl, csh, zsh, rc, or C. It wastes disk space: 1 kB / file, and potentially hundreds of files. I prefer to keep my root partition small, thanks. It doesn't let you easily change the location or implementation of the database. It doesn't let you easily share configuration variables between packages. OTOH, it is simple to implement. -- Please read <http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html> before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list.
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