Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 08:53:27 -0400 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: mike@smith.net.au, archie@whistle.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEACDEBC@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > From: Archie Cobbs[SMTP:archie@whistle.com] > > The way UNIX piles random configuration information all into /etc > has always bugged the crap out of me. Ideally, /etc should go away > because nothing should be "miscellaneous".. it should all be > organized. > > Hmm.. what if we created the /var/conf hierarchy... > But if it would be done, it must be done very, _very_ cautiously. Because sVr4 started with idea like this and guess with what did they ended up ? With things like internet configuration split up between 3 or 4 subdirectories in different parts of tree, plus high-level internet directory. And it's a _lot_ of headache to make any configuration changes. Personally I like much more the HP10 approach: the "permanent" part of scripts in /sbin/rc*.d, the configuration part for them in /etc/rc.config.d. It's a lot simpler also. Serge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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