XDG_CONFIG_DIRS an /usr/local/etc/xdg

Eli Schwartz eschwartz at archlinux.org
Mon Sep 20 21:37:02 UTC 2021


On 9/20/21 12:03, Peter White wrote:
> The way I see it there will be two universes: FHS and a subtly different
> XDG Base Dir Spec, which breaks with the former in peculiar subtle ways
> and any dev used to the former is in for some surprises, when not
> reading carefully. Now, I get that by saying "information" instead of
> "files" the authors did not want to limit themselves or the spec to
> files, which makes sense, given the elaborations about reading config
> files, let aside that it has been done since long before XDG anyways by
> shells for example. I think some people would do good by reading and
> understanding what was there already before "fixing" things that were
> not broken in the first place. This "information" vs. "files" stuff
> seems like one of these occasions.
> 
> [...]
> 
> There is no need for a new spec to make this happen since this is
> documented in shell manuals which were there from the beginning of time,
> UNIX time that is.
> 
> And, need I remind anyone: "Those who do not understand UNIX are
> condemned to reinvent it, poorly." -- Henry Spencer
> A lot of thought went into it, so one should not go fixing stuff that
> was never broken.


http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html

Did you say something about the sacred Unix? Who is reinventing what now?


-- 
Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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