Re: Name change for /etc/conf.modules

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Sat, 09 Oct 1999 09:17:47 -0400

In message <37FF3295.432663C6@Mutz.com>, Marc Mutz writes:
+-----
| Keith Owens wrote:
| <snip>
| > >Why? Renaming conf.modules to modules.conf ist trivial, so why make
| > >so much effort (and code) about it?
| >
| > Because there are distributions out there with their own tools that
| > directly update conf.modules. Any name change has to leave time for
| > other code to get into sync. You do not break important tools without
| > first giving users plenty of warning. <interrupted>
|
| cd /etc; ln -s conf.moules modules.conf
+--->8

And the first time you run (for example) Red Hat's sndconfig the symlink
will get replaced by a real file. Symlinks are not robust in the face of
backup-by-rename.

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