gwes <g...@oat.com> wrote: > On 5/1/20 9:13 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > I think there's a bit of drama going on here. > > > > Once a person uses one example in the examples directory, they > > will become aware of the directory and see it has other files. > > And possibly use them in the future. > > > > It is not clear to me that example discovery has to come via > > each and every manual page. > > > > > [snip] > Perhaps something like: > Index: root.mail > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/root/root.mail,v > retrieving revision 1.137 > diff -u -p -u -r1.137 root.mail > --- root.mail 5 Apr 2020 16:15:39 -0000 1.137 > +++ root.mail 3 May 2020 01:37:20 -0000 > @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ has been centralized in the file /etc/rc > edit the file /etc/rc. The files /etc/rc.securelevel and > /etc/rc.local exist > for this purpose; the first is run before the system has gone into secure > mode; the second is run afterwards (if in doubt, add your tools to > rc.local). > +The directory /etc/examples contains some sample configuration files > +which you can modify to suit your configuration.
Is it really that important?? Aren't there 100 other details which could be described at this point, and ... then people get tired, and don't read anything? I think this is chasing a fad.
