On 03/01/18 03:35, Felix Miata wrote:
/etc/ is one of the most irritating openSUSE habits, changing file timestamps on files I changed even when none of the file's content is or has any reason to be changed. Lately in TW everything in /etc/sysconfig/ getting new. :-( If I can't count on system files I modify being preserved there, where else? Does everything there have to have a .local added or be made immutable? Immutable on hostname halts zypper with exception message every update to netcfg, which in TW, is inexplicably often. :-(
This is specified in the FHS. The distro is entitled to assume that files in /etc (for the most part) belong to it :-( It ignores the fact that these files often need to be edited by the user for correct system operation :-( Which is why systemd deliberately split this up - due to the failings of /etc! Systemd has the distro location where all the distro-wide defaults are specified, and then a separate user location which is applied OVER THE TOP of the distro default. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org