Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:48:29 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, gad@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc Message-ID: <200608310848.30549.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060831061806.0c022552.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <200608290920.k7T9KmV9067843@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060831100004.GB52914@rambler-co.ru> <20060831061806.0c022552.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thursday 31 August 2006 06:18, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:00:04 +0400 > Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > > > No, /etc/defaults are different beasties -- they are true > > default config files -- they are either used if there's no > > corresponding version under /etc, or most likely sourced > > to provide defaults. To be moved to /etc/defaults, a file > > should gain the same property. > > While this comment is blatently obvious: /etc/examples This is already spelled /usr/share/examples/etc in FreeBSD. I agree with ru@'s idea to trim down files in /etc (and/or remove them as in hosts.allow) and put examples in /usr/share/examples/etc. There's already a precedent for that (I know I've looked at files in /usr/share/examples/etc before). /etc/printcap and /etc/hosts.allow would definitely be on my list. /etc/defaults would just be wrong for examples, that directory is for default settings (note that /etc/defaults/rc.conf is not just comments, but sets default values for various settings.. same with /etc/defaults/periodic.conf, etc.) -- John Baldwin
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