Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Matt Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 02:10:02PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: >> >> Why not just create a symlink to a device node /dev/flipit and >> >> just link it to the right file. >> > >> > Why/how would that help? >> >> Then /etc/flipit.conf could just always have /dev/flipit, and the >> package's maintainer scripts would control where /dev/flipit >> pointed to. >> > And this would integrate with devfs, how?
I have absolutely no idea. :-) Perhaps the link should be /etc/flipit/port -> /dev/whatever. In general, I'm confused about non-conffile stuff going in /etc. People are used to editing whatever they want to in /etc. It seems like if a package is going to take over a given file (e.g. an /etc/flipit/port symlink), then it should not be in /etc but in /var or somewhere else. This way, admins can edit away in /etc/ without worry that some package will come along and wipe out their changes simply because it wasn't a conffile. -- matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
