Re: CVS commit: src

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 09:49:07PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Daniel Carosone <dan%geek.com.au@localhost> writes:
> > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 09:39:54PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >> > Fits /var/db pretty well, if that's really the case.
> >> 
> >> If it configures the kernel and survives reboots I'm not sure that it
> >> should be in /var/db except for a few trivial things like ntp.drift
> >> which really is not per se configuration.
> >
> > Then neither should dhclient.leases, which is a closely analogous
> > construct.
> 
> The leases file is ephimeral data -- it isn't the result of user
> editing and it can be blown away without any real issue. Same with the
> ntp.drift file. If the bluetooth xml file is something that can't be
> blown away at will, it isn't really something for the db
> dir. Otherwise it might be.

Or it should be splited into two files, the one in /var/db and a second
one which overwrittes the configuration in /etc

Bernd