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Re: /etc /usr/etc: solution?



On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Lalo Martins wrote:

> On Jul 2, Vadim Vygonets wrote
> > Let's come to a solution.
> 
> I don't see the problem. FSSTND already addresses this very well.
> 
> 3.Have the config files in /usr/etc, search _only_ in /etc, make symlinks.
> This is what FSSTND proposes. This also lets us put the real files in
> /usr/share/etc or /usr/local/etc; symlinks are easy. And dpkg can handle
> this, I believe.

Again: don't touch /etc.  You may have hundreds of workstations, so do
you want to put the symlinks in /etc on each workstation manually?  Or
how?  I want to use the program immediately after I install it, from
each workstation.  Must I repeat it once again?  LOOK AT OTHER UNICES!

Vadik.

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Vadim Vygonets * vadik@cs.huji.ac.il * vadik@debian.org * Unix admin
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	-- Arizona Dream


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