Subject: Re: Machine-specific config dirs
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/13/1998 16:16:52
On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Todd Vierling writes:
> > I'd like to see us settle on a "third party etc dir" that bundles the pkg
> > stuff in one place, rather than littering /etc with a bunch more directories
> > and files - perhaps /etc/pkg (as in /etc/pkg/samba/configfilename)?
>
> I'm not sure I care enough to see that done. I'm happy seeing /etc littered.
I'm happier with it in /etc than anywhere else. If I've got a shared
/usr across a bunch of workstations, I really don't want them all
sharing the same ssh key. :-)
cjs
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