Frank Küster wrote: > Ian Beckwith <ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> schrieb: > > >>As ckermit config files are executable via >> >>#!/usr/bin/kermit >> >>upstream suggests shipping with an executable config file and letting >>the user run that if desired. This would mean a config file in >>/usr/bin which is sure to violate policy and certainly feels >>immoral. I suppose I could cop out and stick it in >>/usr/share/doc/ckermit/examples. > > There's a lot of executable files under /etc: > nearly 10%. # find /etc/ -type f | wc -l 2108 # find /etc/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep '^#!/bin' | wc -l 101 # find /etc/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep '^#!/bin' | grep '^/etc/\(init.d\|cron.\)' | wc -l 46 Less than 5%, ~ half of that in init or cron. But note also that the fhs specifically forbids binaries, not scripts. Whether or not it is wise to have a script as config is another matter, but in the present case that is a question for upstream, not the maintainer. Cheers T.
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