On 4/2/06, Shane Stixrud <shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Callum Lerwick wrote: > > Fedora's own /etc/sysconfig hierarchy is a good example of how config > > files can be brain dead simple, hand editable and GUI configurable. > > Awww we agree! Considering that ALL of RedHat's sysconfig config > files are basically KEYS with values how could I not? If you give sysconfig > a bit more structure (directories), have the directory names themselves be > part of the syntax/semantics and standardized the > creation/removal/modification/searching and querying of these files in the > form of a library we end up with....... Elektra And /etc/sysconfig is RH-specific only, as far as I know. At least the semantics inside each /etc/sysconfig file. And they imply spliting the configurations of some programs in two parts. For example, ntpd has the /etc/ntp.conf and the /etc/sysconfig/ntpd files. This happens precisely because is very difficult to change these software configurations directly on their files, so distros were forced to create a secondary file and a separate whole scripting system to handle them too. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
