Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-13 Thread Martin Coxall
> Well, to the extent that you're serious, you understand that > a lot of people feel that /usr/local should be reserved for > stuff that's installed by the local sysadmin, and your > vendor/distro isn't supposed to be messing with it. > > Which means if the the vendor installed Postgresql (sa

Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-14 Thread Martin Coxall
qmail/control for qmail configuration files? Yeah, good one, DJB. -- Martin Coxall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-14 Thread Martin Coxall
citly used for user space programs and, well, everything. (/etc/apache, /etc/postgres, /etc/tomcat3, /etc/tomcat4...) Martin Coxall ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-14 Thread Martin Coxall
tion of the postgresql.conf file as the data directory Shouldn't it in that case default to, say /var/lib/postgres? -- Martin Coxall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-14 Thread Martin Coxall
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 14:21, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > On 14 Feb 2003, Martin Coxall wrote: > > > > > > > If you are interested in reading a contrary position, you can read > > > > Berstein's arguments for his recommended way to install services at: >

Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-14 Thread Martin Coxall
l, we should prefer the FHS over DJB's way of doing things and that DJB is a little, ahem, egocentric at times. Neither of these things was meant as a mortal insult to you personally, and if I offended you I apologise. Anyway, it looks like it's all been agreed over there, anyway. -- Ma