Gary Kline writes:

>       This may have been covered too-often before, buy why can't
>       *everything* related to /etc hang off "/etc"?  I can create a
>       symlink in /etc to /usr/local/etc named "loc" or "local".  
>       Thing is, why this isn't done by default?

        Very short version:
        /etc = stuff installed by FreeBSD
        /usr/local/ete = stuff installed by third-party applications

        The exception is the _ENABLE variables for those third-party
applications, which go in /etc/rc.conf so they can be started at
system boot.


                                Robert Huff

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