On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 07:35:42PM -0700, patrick ~ wrote:
> Fair enough.
> 
> I looked in heir(7) before replying, and it said:
> 
>    /etc/      System configuration files and scripts.
> 
> 
> I failed to see how VIM and it's vimrc, which are not part of
> the default installed system, qualify.
> 
> But yes, you are correct.  The "Porting Checklist" document
> does in fact specify /etc (step #14) as the place for such
> files.
> 
> 
> I'm not going to start a flame-war over this, but in my view
> keeping the system as crud-free as possible is a worthy goal.
> 
> But I concede.  Thanks for the proper reference.

The configuration directory is actually ${SYSCONFDIR} which by default
is set to /etc.  If you want ports configurations to go somewhere else
then set SYSCONFDIR to something else in mk.conf.

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