Re: BUG in LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0
Michael Lachmann <dirk@santafe.edu> writes:
> Problem:
> The directory /usr/etc has been removed. There should be a central
> place to store system-wide configuration files. Some files in /etc may
> be host specific (/etc/X11/XFConfig ), others might be system-wide,
> like /etc/profile. The reason for implementing /etc is to have
> configuration files in a central place. The same reasoning should also
> say that there be a place for system-wide configuration files.
> This problem comes up when /usr is remotely mounted, then the process
> of distributing just the non-host-specific, system-wide configuration
> files is very difficult.
> I assume that the assumption is that distribution-specific
> configuration files will be stored in their respective /usr/lib
> subdirectories. This stilll leaves no place for site specific,
> system-wide configuartion files.
>
>
> Action:
> find a place to store system-wide configuration files, for example
> under a /etc/usr hierarchy
Do you mean "site-wide" when you say "system-wide"? I'll assume so.
Configuration files go in one place: /etc. If you need to *physically*
place them somewhere else (a site-wide location, for example), then the
answer is to employ symbolic links from /etc to whereever the site
chooses to place the files.
- Dan
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