Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:06:24 +0100 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Cc: dillon@backplane.com, jkoshy@FreeBSD.org, bde@zeta.org.au, committers@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf Message-ID: <19980827100624.G6112@iii.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199808270851.BAA11702@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 01:51:36AM -0700 References: <19980827093257.A12452@iii.co.uk> <199808270851.BAA11702@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 01:51:36AM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote:
> * I'd prefer it look for /usr/local/etc/make.conf. I like /etc to be as
> * close to the original installation as possible.
>
> Um, we're talking about variables defined usually in /etc/make.conf
> here. What does that have to do with ${PREFIX}? (One of the several
> possible, even?)
I wasn't thinking of /usr/local/etc as the default for ${PREFIX}, more
as somewhere useful to put changed configuration files.
I like /etc being as static as possible. It minimises the amount of
work I have to do when I upgrade the system (since most of my changes
are in /usr/local/etc) and it's a step in the right direction to being
able to mount /etc read-only.
In general, I just want somewhere to put configuration files that differ
from those shipped with the OS, and that will be used in preference to
those shipped with the OS. On Solaris at work that happens to be (because
of local policy) /opt/CONFIG (so, /opt/CONFIG/sendmail.cf,
/opt/CONFIG/gnats/* and so on). On FreeBSD I prefer /usr/local/etc.
I quite like the idea of making ${PREFIX} a system wide variable (perhaps
a sysctl?) that can be queried. Perhaps
[/etc/rc.conf]
...
local_config="/usr/local/etc" # Where local config info. is kept
...
[/etc/rc]
...
sysctl -w kern.local_config=$local_config
...
[/etc/daily]
...
set daily_local=`sysctl -n kern.local_config`/daily
if [ -f $daily_local ]; then
echo Running $daily_local
sh $daily_local
fi
...
and so on. "kern.local_config" is probably a very bad name for it though.
N
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