Randy McMurchy wrote: > I'm one that thinks the KDE instructions should individualize the > /etc/ dirs to a version-specific directory. > > I think that every installation should have an independent file > structure. GNOME is that way now. Currently KDE uses /etc/kde which > would be overwritten/added/whatever by new/more current versions. > > My belief is that every version should have its own specific > directory. It's taken a long time, but we're almost there!
That's a personal preference. I can live with the book either way, but I prefer /opt/kde. I believe, but haven't checked for sure, that existing config files are not overwritten by an install. > Yes, there's merit in having an /opt/kde-1.1.1/etc dir which > cannot ever be overwritten by another version. But it isn't > the way things have evolved. I've *always* looked in /etc/ for > configuration files, and I felt it to be awkward to have > /opt/kde.xxx/etc files. > > At least they are in /etc/kde now, where they belong. As we go > forward, I'm hoping that we can get to /etc/kde/x.x.x dir for > config stuff. Totally version independent. > > If someone wants to duplicate information she already has, then > great, copy it to the new /etc/ directory. Or, I suppose, create a symlink. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
