On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 08:11:24AM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> I strongly disagree. We have directories for a reason: clutter
> reduction. When I heard that Debian puts its automount maps in
> /etc/autofs, they got one gold star from me. When I see the amount of
> crap that goes into /etc for a basic RedHat install, I'm not
> impressed.
Extra directories can be clumsy. For one thing I was never happy with
the /etc/rc.d level. Making /etc consists of only unrelated files
and unrelated directories will probably result in an over-structured
directory tree. So, where do you draw the line (e.g. should `ls'
fit on one 80x25 screen)?
To me a few autofs files in /etc is not a real problem. Hundreds
certainly would be.
--
Frank
