On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 12:13:13PM -0400, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> Given the following:
>
> 1) Having a _single place_ in the system filesystem, organized in a
> reasonably structured manner, to contain system-wide configuration files,
> is a Goodness.
/etc
> 2) Having ASCII-text configuration files (as opposed to binary data fields)
> is another Great Goodness.
nearly every file in /etc
> 3) The current /etc filesystem is a rough approximation of Item 1, but
> there are some serious flaws:
> a) The files in /etc are not well organized, and for the most part,
> are not organized at all. /etc is for the most part a great big bucket.
what's the problem?
> b) Not all system config files live in /etc. Some are scattered
> pell-mell throughout the system. Most noteable here is parts of /proc,
> which, when altered, directly affect the operation of the system.
ln -s /proc/sys /etc/system
> The proposal is to clean up and organize the /etc filesystem by defining a
> structure and then, over time, changing system daemons, the kernel, etc to
> point to the new structure. Key points:
>
> 1) Either rename or create a new parallel /config directory. (Optional - I
> think /etc is as good a name as any, but several people have indicated
> they'd prefer a new, more explicitly named root directory)
>
> [ many idotic ideas ]
Do wat you want. Do in your own distribution. But don't belong lkml with it. ok?
Christoph
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