on /etc/sysconfig

[Tom Lane]

Lennart Poettering <mzerqung at 0pointer.de> writes:
> On Mon, 18.07.11 15:34, Tom Lane (tgl at redhat.com) wrote:
>> Well, if they didn't need fixed before, they'll certainly need fixed
>> when you make them start keeping their configuration info someplace else
>> than /etc/sysconfig.  This proposal sounds more like "wait, systemd has
>> not yet broken everything in sight, how can we solve that problem?"
>> than like something that will actually improve matters for anyone.

> What does systemd break in this regard?

There's a big difference between "a daemon might not need /etc/sysconfig
anymore once it's been fully integrated into the systemd world" and
"let's deprecate /etc/sysconfig and force packages to stop using it".
Maybe you meant the first, but it's coming across as the second.

			regards, tom lane