Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:06:07 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 218897] /etc/skel is a directory with no functionality whatsoever Message-ID: <bug-218897-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218897 Bug ID: 218897 Summary: /etc/skel is a directory with no functionality whatsoever Product: Base System Version: 11.0-STABLE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: conf Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: asv@inhio.net This may be a duplicate of Bug 46062. If so please close this and complete the other or vice versa. As recently discussed in the email thread created by myself "/etc/skel doesn't work?!" (dated: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:25:22 -0300) on freebsd-questions, appears quite clear (as pointed out by Arthur Chance) that /etc/skel has been added by Jordan Hubbard on Feb 27th 1998 with the comment: "MFC: /etc/skel doesn't seem to be used in the -current branch either, but it doesn't hurt." At present time /etc/skel has no functionality whatsoever, is a dead directory, a leftover dragged until now on the base system from an unclear intention dated almost 20 years back. It causes confusion, is useless, I believe it is the right time to delete it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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