Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Name change for /etc/conf.modules | Date | Sat, 09 Oct 1999 09:17:47 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <37FF3295.432663C6@Mutz.com>, Marc Mutz writes: +----- | Keith Owens wrote: | <snip> | > >Why? Renaming conf.modules to modules.conf ist trivial, so why make | > >so much effort (and code) about it? | > | > Because there are distributions out there with their own tools that | > directly update conf.modules. Any name change has to leave time for | > other code to get into sync. You do not break important tools without | > first giving users plenty of warning. <interrupted> | | cd /etc; ln -s conf.moules modules.conf +--->8
And the first time you run (for example) Red Hat's sndconfig the symlink will get replaced by a real file. Symlinks are not robust in the face of backup-by-rename.
-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator kthkrb,heimdal,gnome,rt allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering kf8nh We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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