On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:47:15PM +0100, Magosányi Árpád wrote: > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or > /etc/lvmconf/* (it is not even a text file). > These files are written by programs in occasions one cannot with good > heart call configuration. Isn't it against the policy? > There are practical reasons behind my question: > -if one uses a configuration management tool (like tla) to track changes > in the configuration, one will stumble upon them sooner or later. > -if one wants to make the boot process unable to modify configuration, > they will also be stumbled upon. (And given the fact that mount > actually deletes and recreates /etc/mtab, the challenge is... > challenging.) There is a gray area currently, because the FHS contains no provision for state files (persistent or not) that are available prior to /var being mounted. Discussion of this issue on debian-devel was extensive last year, but it seems the farthest it got was "get the FHS to sanction it, then we'll consider it". -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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