Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:18:29 +0200 | From | Marc Mutz <> | Subject | Re: Name change for /etc/conf.modules |
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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
> This is not Microsoft. > see?
Marc
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