Re: cfengine config files location

[Tim Nelson]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Chip Seraphine wrote:

> On Sunday 26 September 2004 18:23, Tim Nelson wrote:
> >  This is just to regularise the "standard"
> > installation, not to make anyone do anything different than what they're
> > already doing.
>
> Gotcha.
>
> Are we talking about third party packaging here or are you recommending that
> the release tarballs install configs (he says, worried that 'make install'
> might stomp on his stuff)?

        :).  I'd recommend a separate tarball (or RPM in my case :) ).

> > > I'd also recommend a different suffix for the cfservd.conf file, if we are
> > > going to do this (as cfa seems to imply cfAgent).
> >
> >         That would probably clear up some of the other confusion going
> > around.  Good idea.  I'd say leave it as .conf.
>
> That has the virtue of not colliding with .cfa, but that's about it.  How
> about something that emplies cfservd.conf (".cfserv", perhaps)....

	It also has the virtue of not requiring any changes :).  How 
about .cfs?  I admit, if an extension is longer than 4 letters, I don't 
think of it as an extension :).

        :)

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