Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:21:01 -0500 (EST)
> Garrett Wollman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> GW> <<On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 22:08:20 +0100, "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>said:
> GW>
> GW> > The patch below (against 4-stable but it will probably apply easily
> GW> > to -current) moves /etc/shells to /usr/local/etc/shells.
> GW>
> GW> Bad idea. No base component (never mind libc!) should hard-code a
> GW> pathname in /usr/local.
>
> I'll consider it flamed to death then :)
>
> It was intended to prevent port installs having to write in /etc
> without having to change libc/gen, roken and sendmail which I rather suspect
> is also a bad thing to do.
>
> Perhaps /etc/shells is the least of all evils here.
There is a difference between a port creating a config file in /etc, and a
port adding to a standard config file in etc. The former is a bad idea,
the latter necessary.
The other solution would be to allow a PATH of shells files, but that seems
rather messy for something this simple.
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