Anthony Towns wrote: > I'd assume by "host specific" the FHS means on a host-host basis. That is, > if two hosts running the same version of the same OS (but with different > admins with different views on how things Should Be Done, say) can reasonably > have different configs, then those configs are "host specific". > > If every Debian installation should have the same values, though, then > sure, it should be in /usr/share.
But if every Debian installation should have the same values, then obviously they are not configuration files :-) I think it's really nice that Debian has *all* configuration info in the /etc directory, with no worries about other places to look. That was one of the qualities that attracted me to it when I joined. Richard Braakman

