also sprach Gabor Gombas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.11.02.1443 +0100]: > Certificates are not configuration files so they should not be in > /etc. > > On the other hand, the decision of which certificate files should > be USED _is_ a configuration decision, so that information should > be under /etc. So the current way of the certificates being under > /usr/share and symlinks to them being in /etc matches the intended > (and expected) usage of both /etc and /usr/share perfectly.
Yes, I am afraid I cannot argue this point, thank you for explaining it very nicely. :) I guess I am just trying to avoid at all cost having to point a lot of configuration files on a lot of machines to /etc/ssl/certs/local-cacert.pem and testing the result. Sorry for the bother and thanks for staying strong. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "i dislike arguments of any kind. they are always vulgar, and often convincing." -- oscar wilde
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