From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 13 00:40:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3854E16A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:40:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D414843D39 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:40:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D870869A71; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:40:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:40:39 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: jmlewis@dslextreme.com Message-Id: <20040812204039.3648f75f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <7656a1a724a4257a15f6ca.20040812162717.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> References: <7656a1a724a4257a15f6ca.20040812162717.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc and /usr/local/etc directories X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:40:42 -0000 "Joshua Lewis" wrote: > I have decided to take the plunge and try out 5.2.1. I figure it will be > 5.3 soon and I like the idea of upgrading at that time. So I am going to > start fiddling with it. > > The first thing I am noticing is when installing apps from the ports > directory my config files are getting put into /usr/local/etc instead of > where I am used to /etc. Huh? What version of FreeBSD were you using that put them in /etc? They've always gone in /usr/local/etc ... since 2.2 at least. > I am guessing this by design and wanted to confirm this. Yes, it's by design. > Is this a config setting somewhere? It is fine in the /usr/local/etc > directory but if it is a config setting then perhaps there are other > settings that have changed that I have not encountered yet. I would like > to read up on the changes. > > While I am on the subject. Are there any other differences between 4.10 > and 5.X that will take me by surprise? > > I read through the Release notes on FreeBSD.org and it never mentioned the > /etc directory thing. So perhaps there are some other items I should keep > my eye out for. The FreeBSD handbook is being updated all the time. You'll probably want to re-read a lot of it to see what kind of changes are occurring. There are also a lot of new man pages in existance. If you have specific questions, you can always ask on this list. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com