On Friday 02 March 2007 11:46:52 Axel Thimm wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 11:26:40AM +0100, Laurent Rineau wrote: > > On Friday 02 March 2007 11:17:53 Axel Thimm wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 08:43:19AM +0100, Laurent Rineau wrote: > > > > On Friday 02 March 2007 04:32:13 Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > > > > "/usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is > > > > > > shareable, read-only data. > > > > > > > > > > At one point in time, at "use-time". > > > > > > > > > > This doesn't mean the data on /usr is inaccessible to a maintainer, > > > > > nor does this mean /usr to be "vendor-exclusive", nor does this > > > > > mean /usr not to be customizable. > > > > > > > > I agree with Ralf. A read-only filesystem is not read-only for the > > > > system administrator: it can be turned read-write during > > > > administration stages, for upgrades and configurations. > > > > > > > > Axel, do you agree with that? What is *really* your rational against > > > > %config in /usr? > > > > > > Whether *I* agree with that or not (FWIW I don't) is completely > > > irrelevant, the quote is from the FHS, not me, and we follow the FHS. > > > > What is wrong is your understanding of the FSH. Re-read Ralf's messages. > > Repeat after me with a gospel like preaching: > > a) "/usr is [...] read-only data." > b) "[...] /usr [...] must not be written to." > c) "Any information that is host-specific ..." > The chorus in the background with a higher pitch: > "~ and that includes configuration ~" > "[...] is stored elsewhere." I quote below the FHS version 2.3, given at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.pdf ===== quote ===== Chapter 4. The /usr Hierarchy 4.1. Purpose /usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is shareable, read-only data. That means that /usr should be shareable between various FHS-compliant hosts and must not be written to. Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored elsewhere. Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy. ===== end of quote ===== >From the sentence "Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored elsewhere.", how could you understand that *sitewise* configuration files must be in /etc?! What is more, I quote the title of the section about /etc: "3.7. /etc : Host-specific system configuration" Here again, /etc/ is for host-specific stuff. So, sharable config files, that are not be written to by the system, can go into /usr/, and should not be in /etc (even the FSH states precisely that /etc is for host-specific stuff). I really what a discussion. You may convince me and Ralf. But give good reasons. AS far as I understand, the FSH does not state that sitewise config files cannot be in /usr, and as far as I understand, the FSH states that sitewise config could not be in /etc (be cause /etc is host specific). What is wrong with my interpretation? -- Laurent Rineau http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LaurentRineau -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
