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Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?



On Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:12:19 +0100, Julian Gilbey
<J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> wrote:
>Why not just /etc/foorc or /etc/foo.conf or something like that?

Because the conffile is not a "real" conffile, but rather a shell
script being sourced in, and /etc/foo.conf will probably suggest that
this conffile is an upstream feature.

Greetings
Marc

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