Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 08:30:58 +1000 From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... Message-ID: <199704122230.IAA05686@nemeton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199704121847.LAA15473@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:47:10 -0700 (MST) Terry Lambert wrote:
> > Some configuration files just have to be grandfathered, most
> > especially those that are often controlled or supplied by a network
> > administrator.
> That would be those BSD network administrators, considering that
> BSD has a number of differences from all other systems in that area
> anyway?
As a minor clarification, I'm more concerned about formats than
file locations. Some of these files have already moved on non-BSD
systems. Neither am I arguing that file formats should never
change.
A quick scan suggests that "Unix" (and not just BSD) administrators
will be familiar with some/most/all of the following, and that
therefore we should be cautious making changes that effect these:
aliases sendmail; 3rd party
fstab Solaris changed this one already :-(
ftpusers
group
hosts
hosts.equiv
hosts.lpd
inetd.conf
namedb bind; 3rd party
networks (not supported correctly on Solaris)
passwd broken on 4.4BSD :-(
protocols
resolv.conf bind; 3rd party
rpc
sendmail.cf sendmail; 3rd party
services
shells
syslog.conf
These ones are probably BSD specific. Certainly I don't care if they
change. :-)
printcap
termcap
ttys
Regards,
Giles
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