Re: It's Huntin' Season
On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:35:37PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> At issue here is whether a startup script really counts as a
> configuration file. If a script is in /usr, we don't expect local
> changes to be preserved on upgrade. I don't believe that init scripts
> meet the definition of a configuration file by any stretch of the
> imagination. Still, we have to face the truth that many users will
> think they can edit these files simply on the basis that they're located
> in /etc, a conclusion they arrive at by reading our policy and the FHS.
>
> Now, this may be a /flawed/ conclusion, but in the real world, many
> users aren't going to distinguish between "All configuration files are
> in /etc" and "All files in /etc/ are configuration files". Which means
> any maintainer /not/ tagging a file in /etc as a conffile is sooner or
> later going to have to deal with upset users filing bugs about it.
FYI, I HAVE edited files in /etc/init.d/. Whether or not policy
requires it, it's useful behavior.
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Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus
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