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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:09:41 +0900 |
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Braden <gentoo@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> In a nutshell: Why is the gconf directory hierarchy under /etc and not |
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> under /usr/share? |
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> /etc/gconf seems a bit out of place to me relative to the other things |
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> in /etc. For one, it is quite large comparatively. This is because |
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> the localized strings for all supported languages are stored there. |
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> This brings up the point of why locale-specific strings are being |
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> stored under /etc, and not under /usr/share. I thought /etc is for |
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> configuration files, while /usr/share is for architecture-independent |
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> read-only data files, the latter seeming to be what the gconf |
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> directory holds. |
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> The practical reason for this is that I thought the root filesystem |
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> was supposed to be pretty lean, but currently, at least on my system, |
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> /etc/gconf sticks out like a sore thumb (18M). It is far bigger than |
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> the rest of /etc (the rest being 3M). |
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> Thanks for any comments on this. |
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Actually, No. |
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etc/gconf has many different functions, one is to provide default |
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configurations for all Gnome /gconf enabled programs. |
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The others include mandatory defaults, which means that an administrator |
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can prevent somone from changing soem gconf variables, or provide system |
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hard-coded defaults that cannot be changed. |
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Theese are clearly configuration cases, And therefore belongs in /etc, |
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even if "size" might be an issue. |
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