Re: to conffile or not to conffile
Matt Armstrong wrote:
> In general, I'm confused about non-conffile stuff going in /etc.
> People are used to editing whatever they want to in /etc. It seems
> like if a package is going to take over a given file (e.g. an
> /etc/flipit/port symlink), then it should not be in /etc but in /var
> or somewhere else. This way, admins can edit away in /etc/ without
> worry that some package will come along and wipe out their changes
> simply because it wasn't a conffile.
You are not grokking the distinction between a conffile and a
configuration file, which may or may not be managed as a conffile.
/etc/passwd, for example, is not a conffile, is managed by "some
package", and will nontheless surely _not_ ever be blown away.
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see shy jo
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