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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: root only: (was Re: comments on this change please.) 
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > Jordan, I think a golden opportunity was missed by not putting
> > sysconfig into /var from the beginning.
> 
> Hmmm.  /var/what?

How about /var/etc?

I understand it would take a while to get the X11 dependencies out, but I
think many people don't put X on dedicated servers.

Regards,


Mike Hancock