severity 319791 normal merge 319791 227726 thanks Le dimanche 24 juillet 2005 à 22:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > gconf terribly wastes disk- and backupspace in /etc with > default files that definitely do not belong in /etc. On > my system /etc/gconf became 36 MB large, which is sort of sick. > Whoever puts 36 MB of default files in /etc didn't understand the unix > file system structure.
These are the system defaults, they are modifiable by the system administrator. These files perfectly belong in /etc. > These things belong to /usr/share or /usr/lib. > > Interestingly the same problem was reported almost two years ago > (Bug 227726), but completely ignored. If you know there is another bug report about it, why did you file a new one? > Please stop dumping megabytes of default files into /etc. We are perfectly aware of this issue, and a new gconf directory structure is planned as we have enough time, so that autogenerated defaults end up in /var/lib, and only the local modifications stay in /etc. However, bitching and filing random RC bugs won't make it happen quicker. Regards, -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
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