Hi,
before the discussion falls asleep again, here a more detailed/formal
proposal of the changes for the FHS, to support a common directory
below /usr for configuration files.
New:
4.13 /usr/sysconfig: Distribution and Application-specific system configuration
4.13.1 Purpose:
The /usr/sysconfig hierarchy contains distribution and application
specific default configuration files. A "configuration file" is a local
file used to control the operation of a program; it must be static and cannot
be an executable binary. Adjustements to this configuration files should
not be done in /usr/sysconfig, but via overrides in /etc.
It is recommended that files be stored in application specific
subdirectories of /usr/sysconfig rather than directly in /usr/sysconfig.
This requires some changes in other parts:
3.7. /etc : Host-specific system configuration
3.7.1. Purpose
Add:
The /etc/ hiearchy is for host specific system configuration and
should only contain by the system administrator adjusted configuration
files. A Linux distributor should not overwrite or modify them if possible.
3.7.3. Specific Options
- We need to cleanup this list independent of this request.
4.9.3. Specific Options
Change "Note that /usr/etc is still not allowed: programs in /usr should place
configuration files in /etc."
to "Note that /usr/etc is still not allowed: programs in /usr should
place configuration files in /etc or /usr/sysconfig."
By the way, what is the official process to get changes into FHS?
Thorsten
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Thorsten Kukuk, Distinguished Engineer, Senior Architect SLES & MicroOS
SUSE Linux GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany
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