Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:20:07 -0800 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: nik@iii.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion about script to update /etc, etc. Message-ID: <3511A827.5713B618@dal.net> References: <3510CC73.307E199D@dal.net> <19980319105003.01742@iii.co.uk>
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nik@iii.co.uk wrote: > > [All IMHO] > > On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 11:42:43PM -0800, Studded wrote: > > Before I go on, yes I submitted a PR about this, > > Do you have the PR number handy? I haven't seen it float by me here. 6064 > > (probably using Nik's modified method of adding the date to the name of > > the directory) and adding an option to keep the diff around for the user > > to examine later. > > Based directly on a suggestion by Axel Thimm. I should probably make that > clearer in the text. Thanks, I'll be sure to note that. > > I'd propose that it live in /usr/src/etc, > > Nope. In theory there are no executables in /etc (the *ly scripts have > a historical precedent). *Shrug* I was thinking along the lines of keeping things together neatly, however you're probably right. /usr/bin is probably a better spot. > I think your best bet is to turn it into a port, Frankly I would rather have it adopted in the main distribution. However a port is certainly a good suggestion, thanks. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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