The package contributors guide
http://cygwin.com/setup.html
Is silent about /etc/defaults. In Debian this directory has specific
meaning:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html
9.3 System run levels and init.d scripts
9.3.2 Writing the scripts
Often there are some variables in the init.d scripts whose values
control the behaviour of the scripts, and which a system
administrator is likely to want to change. As the scripts
themselves are frequently conffiles, modifying them requires that
the administrator merge in their changes each time the package is
upgraded and the conffile changes. To ease the burden on the
system administrator, such configurable values should not be
placed directly in the script. Instead, they should be placed in a
>> file in /etc/default, which typically will have the same base name
as the init.d script. This extra file should be sourced by the
script when the script runs.
What does /etc/defaults mean under Cygwin? This should be documented
in the package contributors guide as well.
Jari
