> I was inclined to agree that this change seemed gratuitous. But then I 
 > looked at /etc and discovered that the cleanup value is larger than I 
 > would have guessed - this case would remove fully 20% of the entries in 
 > /etc on my system.

This implies that the exising size of /etc has been somehow a burden on
your use of the system; has it?

 > So while I agree with Meem's notion of avoiding frivolous change, I 
 > think this one is worth it. Of course, as others have already pointed out:
 > 
 > * /etc/rmt needs to stay because it's part of an external protocol.
 > 
 > * The PATH setting in /etc/skel files needs to have /etc (and /usr/ucb) 
 > removed and /usr/sbin added (perhaps /sbin too).
 > 
 > * Any existing invocations of these commands in Solaris (not just ON) 
 > need to be fixed.

To me, this is all consuming resources that could be better spent solving
actual customer problems, not potentially creating them.

--
meem
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