Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 11:01:22AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > If you want to
> >make it clear that it's a Debian-specific thing, surely you can put a
> >note to that effect at the top of the file?
>
> Never underestimate the user's stupidity.
I don't, but how will the location and user's (sysadmin's) stupidity
interact?
> >And if it's a wrapper
> >script, wouldn't it be a lot better to have the wrapper in /usr/bin,
> >with the real program called something like foo.real, and just the
> >variable settings in /etc?
>
> Everything else would be a policy violation.
Please explain how my suggest would violate policy. If it's the Right
Thing to do, and it violates policy, we should modify policy.
Julian
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