Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:40:06PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 11:01:22AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> >> >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.
>
> It wouldn't.
Good, so maybe that's a good way to consider doing things.
> > If it's the Right
> >Thing to do, and it violates policy, we should modify policy.
>
> Having non-conffile executeable code in /etc would violate policy, and
> this is what we both try to avoid.
Gosh, yes. That would be horrid.
Julian
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