[arch-projects] [PATCH 1/7] config: add /etc/hostname support

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Thu Oct 27 08:11:13 EDT 2011


On 27/10/11 10:28, Dan McGee wrote:
> Does anyone else still hold onto the old days where configuration was
> primarily a single file rather than scattered buckshot in /etc/? If it
> is just me I'll shut up, but I've always loved that fact.

I have to agree here.  I was fine with the locale stuff moving out as I 
saw the advantage (control over individual locale components) and that 
putting those in rc.conf would be messy.   But I do not see what 
advantage moving hostname out of rc.conf brings.

Allan


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