Because these scripts are accessible for everyone and may change global configuration settings, these scripts are for for cygwin administrator only.
Sergey Okhapkin Somerset, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sergey Okhapkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd) > Sergey Okhapkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't feel myself safe with these potentialy dangerous files in the > > PATH... > > Why are they dangerous? > > > My proposal is to move these files somewhere else. > > Well, thats a discussion which will probably require Chris's arbitration. > > -- > Max. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Sergey Okhapkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:06 AM > > Subject: Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. > > (fwd) > > > > > >> Sergey Okhapkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> I don't want to introduce extra files in /bin or /usr/bin. > >>> XXX-config scripts should be located somewhere else, not in a path, > >>> something like /etc/package-config, the directory should be > >>> designated for config scripts only. > >> > >> $ ls /usr/bin/*-config > >> /usr/bin/iu-config > >> /usr/bin/libpng-config > >> /usr/bin/libpng12-config > >> /usr/bin/pcre-config > >> /usr/bin/ssh-host-config > >> /usr/bin/ssh-user-config > >> > >> The convention seems a little bit entrenched by now. > >> > >> Max.
