On 13 March 2015 at 12:52, Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2015, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > >> On 13 March 2015 at 07:38, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:34:59PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >>>> >>>> But what's the point of such a symlink? >>> >>> >>> It does no harm, and if a beginner is following a tutorial that expects >>> /etc/httpd/log, it will still work. >> >> >> The symlink `/etc/httpd/log` is just terrible. >> >> If you wanna do a "grep -r myconf /etc", it will scans /var/log... So, >> yes, it is a total utter crap. > > > No, this is not correct. grep -r does not follow symbolic links. > See man 1 grep.
Yes, you're right, I've used a bad example but, I remember that at least one time, ~10 years ago, I tried to search something under /etc (CentOS), and got dragged into /var/log, it was "terrifying"... "Debian culture" is the way to go. Nevertheless, besides my bad example, it doesn't change the fact that, that symlink is a crap. :-P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAJSM8J3GtR4EXOAJGXwybRCqX0g54HS1Rv59HPb�tuoyg...@mail.gmail.com
