Distro discusion

[Chris Nestrud]

Their is a document called the linux filesystem standard, which I can't
seem to find an URL for now, but which discusses what you're talking
about. I think Debian adheres to this document with its packages, placing
config files in /etc, the package bins in /usr/bin, package libs in
/usr/lib, etc. The linuxdoc.org site probably has that document.

Chris


On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Kirk Wood wrote:

> Personally, the biggest thing that I believe is important on a
> distribution is good documentation on where files are placed. Having said
> that, I think it is past time for the distributions to discuss this and
> commit to following a standard (or two). Certainly there will be
> differences in such things as init scripts. After all Slackware uses a BSD
> style init (more or less) while RedHat uses a SystemV ini (more or less).
> 
> There are advantages to both of them, and that isn't the point. The thing
> is that RedHat does place some config files in strange places. If there
> was one place to put a given file it would make Linux overall
> stronger. There could still be room for each to do its thing for
> improvement. (For instance once you say that all init scripts will reside
> in rc.d you can choose to follow the redhat method of a directory for each
> run level and one for the actual scripts. Or you could decide to place
> them all in the /etc/rc.d dir.)
> 
> Actually, documentation is the biggest weakness I see in Linux. The fact
> is that much of the documentation is great if you already know what your
> doing. Some of it is great, and some is lousy. Sometimes knowing whre to
> look though can be a major task in the first place. One master document
> giving direction on where to look for all network functions would be
> nice. One covering all disk subsystems would also go a long way.
> 
> -- 
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
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