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. --patrick --- Will Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 06:41:33PM -0700, patrick ~ wrote: > > Just curious, and maybe this question is out of place. I'll admit > > that I don't have enough background on how ports have historically > > worked. But to me, storing 3rd party (ports) application config > > files in system's /etc directory just sounds and looks wrong. > > On FreeBSD, perhaps (I don't remember clearly). On OpenBSD, local > machine configs of any sort are stored in /etc, including third > party software. Look through the ports tree (or read the porting > checklist[0]) -- it's a clear standard. > > [0]http://www.openbsd.org/checklist.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
