On Wed, Jun 12, Florian Weimer wrote:

> * Thorsten Kukuk:
> 
> > So there are two suggestions from the discussions:
> > 1. /usr/etc
> > 2. /usr/sysconfig
> >
> > /usr/etc is still in use by some Linux Distributions and UNIX like 
> > systems.
> 
> Wasn't /usr/etc the old name for /usr/sbin?

Yes, and later it seems to be used like /etc, only for stuff 
in /usr, and /usr/local/etc for stuff in /usr/local.

> > But many people don't like it.
> > /usr/sysconfig is something new and the feedback was positive, at least
> > many people can life with it.
> 
> On systems with UsrMove, it would be really confusing if /usr/etc
> existed and /etc is not a symbolic link to it.

Good argument against /usr/etc.

  Thorsten

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Thorsten Kukuk, Distinguished Engineer, Senior Architect SLES & MicroOS
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