Re: patch for test: /etc/shells -> /usr/local/etc/shells

[Steve O'Hara-Smith]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:21:01 -0500 (EST)
Garrett Wollman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

GW> <<On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 22:08:20 +0100, "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
said:
GW> 
GW> >   The patch below (against 4-stable but it will probably apply easily
GW> > to -current) moves /etc/shells to /usr/local/etc/shells.
GW> 
GW> Bad idea.  No base component (never mind libc!) should hard-code a
GW> pathname in /usr/local.

        I'll consider it flamed to death then :)

        It was intended to prevent port installs having to write in /etc
without having to change libc/gen, roken and sendmail which I rather suspect
is also a bad thing to do.

        Perhaps /etc/shells is the least of all evils here.


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