Their is a document called the linux filesystem standard, which I can't seem to find an URL for now, but which discusses what you're talking about. I think Debian adheres to this document with its packages, placing config files in /etc, the package bins in /usr/bin, package libs in /usr/lib, etc. The linuxdoc.org site probably has that document. Chris On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Kirk Wood wrote: > Personally, the biggest thing that I believe is important on a > distribution is good documentation on where files are placed. Having said > that, I think it is past time for the distributions to discuss this and > commit to following a standard (or two). Certainly there will be > differences in such things as init scripts. After all Slackware uses a BSD > style init (more or less) while RedHat uses a SystemV ini (more or less). > > There are advantages to both of them, and that isn't the point. The thing > is that RedHat does place some config files in strange places. If there > was one place to put a given file it would make Linux overall > stronger. There could still be room for each to do its thing for > improvement. (For instance once you say that all init scripts will reside > in rc.d you can choose to follow the redhat method of a directory for each > run level and one for the actual scripts. Or you could decide to place > them all in the /etc/rc.d dir.) > > Actually, documentation is the biggest weakness I see in Linux. The fact > is that much of the documentation is great if you already know what your > doing. Some of it is great, and some is lousy. Sometimes knowing whre to > look though can be a major task in the first place. One master document > giving direction on where to look for all network functions would be > nice. One covering all disk subsystems would also go a long way. > > -- > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > ------------------ > > Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > Alfred North Whitehead > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
