Re: Proposal: /etc /usr/etc /usr/local/etc
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Bill Mitchell wrote:
[...]
> > If implemented by adding a new confopen() function to libc,
[...]
> Don't add it to libc, please. Add it to the packages. And the
> benefits are that you don't touch the root partition after
> installation of new program in /usr, and you keep /etc as clean and
> small as possible.
Doesn't this bring us back to making debian a wierd linux variant
which would require debian-unique coding practices for programs
which use conffiles to work?
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org .
Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .
Reply to: