Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:05:51 -0800
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc: ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ${PREFIX}/etc/defaults?
Message-ID: <20001213000550.B74111@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <14898.15686.684993.235346@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:10:14AM -0600
References: <14898.15686.684993.235346@guru.mired.org>
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:10:14AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> In contemplating building another port with a config file, I have to
> wonder why ports don't use the same mechanism as the base system?
> I.e. - why do I have /usr/opt/etc/healthd.conf.sample instead of
> /usr/opt/etc/defaults/healthd.conf,
Because binaries aren't flexable enough.
Remember that everything in /etc/defaults is used by shell scripts. So
it is trival to test for existance and source.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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