Subject: Re: /etc/*.conf reorg (was Re: `rc.local.conf': bad nam )
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@cs.rmit.edu.au>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/12/2000 16:36:35
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Luke Mewburn wrote:

: > > * move all the existing `template' /etc/*.conf to /etc/default/*.conf
: > 
: > I don't like the name becuase /etc/default is used for a different
: > purpose on other Unix systems.
: 
: and how, exactly, does the use of /etc/default with *.conf files
: conflict with (say) solaris' use of /etc/default? the directory name
: is shared, but the file names are sufficiently different...

"heterogeneous-system admins' brains", probably.

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