From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 10 17:22:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA13358 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:22:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA13349 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:22:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id JAA07339; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:51:12 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704110021.JAA07339@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... In-Reply-To: <1652.860709359@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Apr 10, 97 02:55:59 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:51:12 +0930 (CST) Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, proff@suburbia.net, nate@mt.sri.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, sef@kithrup.com, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > how about making these "well known" files such as /etc/resolv.conf, > > /etc/host.conf and other stuff symlinks into /var/etc ? This is NOOO! I just nuked my SCO ODT partition; I do _not_ want to play "you are in a maze of twisty symlinks, all different" again for a _long_ time. If you remain unconvinced, go out and get a copy for yourself, and see whether you actually enjoy it. > I'm starting to get a headache. :-) Me too. > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[