On 29/08/21 08:10 -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote:
> 
> > One - admittedly completely unUNIXy - way would be to invent a long,
> > descriptive name like /etc/kernel.config.commands or even /bsd.config.cmd
> > in the root rather than the /etc directory, which is more discoverable
> > because it is right next to the kernel itself.  The UNIXy way
> > is not necessarily better: Ken would have invented a very short,
> > pronouncable name that is not an English word but similar to one,
> > like /etc/sycoc (for SYstem COnfiguration Commands).
> 
> I have no idea why you talk about Ken, how obscure
> 
> back in those days it wasn't called /kernel, either.
> 
> the pathname "kernel.something" which is supposed to be somewhat
> related to a non-existant pathname "kernel", is what I object to.
> 
> perhaps /etc/bsd.re-config
> 
> but certainly the sub-phrase "kernel" is not discoverable.
> 

/etc/reorder_kernel.conf

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