Return of config files to ^/etc

[Oliver Pinter]

On Friday, February 14, 2020, Kyle Evans <kevans at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've organized a review[0] to return most config files back to etc/.
> Many people were concerned about the mass exodus of etc/, and many
> have expressed a desire (privately or otherwise) for these files to
> return- some of these folks represent downstreams or consumer projects
> that went through the painful move the first time and would happily go
> through the pain again to restore the status quo.
>
> This does mean that we'd end up with a structure that's not compatible
> with stable/12, but is compatible with every branch before it.
>
> If you have an opinion for or against. please speak up now. I'd like
> to make sure we're moving in the correct direction as a developer
> community.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle Evans
>
> [0] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23690


A very big yes. Please do it.
It would be more straightforward and more backward compatible because the
FreeBSD's repo is a monorepo.

As far I remember, there was an mess around the password and groups file
depending on the "default" shell. A sed magic or other black magic...


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