Re: OK to use /etc/default for non-init script default data?
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:17:01 +0100, Julian Gilbey
<J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> 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.
> 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.
Greetings
Marc
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