From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 19 15:20:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24855 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:20:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24803 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:20:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24405; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:20:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <3511A827.5713B618@dal.net> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:20:07 -0800 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-BETA-0316 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nik@iii.co.uk CC: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion about script to update /etc, etc. References: <3510CC73.307E199D@dal.net> <19980319105003.01742@iii.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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