On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:31:32PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > How hard is it for a developer to look for system configuration files in > --sysconfdir? The answer is "not hard". In fact, not using it is > inconvenient > for some users. One of the main philosophies of Unix is that the user knows > better than the developer. Forcing a special location is either arrogance or > ignorance by the developer.
I agree, it shouldn't be that hard for a developer to expect files to reside within a defined prefix. It certainly isn't an issue for Xorg which allows you the full control of where each module is going. There really isn't an excuse for it.
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