Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Dansguardian

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >> I agree that we have to do something about the size of /etc. It eats up
> >> a lot of RAM and also makes it harder to fit the config on a floppy. But
> >> whatever you do, keep it simple for the user. We can't make them jump
> >> through hoops.
> >
> > How about my idea of creating a new 'setup' menu, with selections
> > to unpack each individual package's etc files?
> >
> > We should also limit it to fairly advanced (requires manual
> > configuration), or obscure packages, so it won't effect our less-technical
> > users.
> 
> Actually I would prefer a combination of your and Friedl's suggestions.
> If we add a function which unpacks the config, we can add this to the init
> scripts to avoid problems when a program gets started.

I was thinking that the files need to be unpacked and customized BEFORE
the init script is run.  In most cases anyway.  But I supposed there are
some packages that will run with stock/unmodified configs.

I also like your idea of moving the l7 stuff to the CD and sym-linking
it from /etc.  I don't think they need to be modified by the user... ?

> Additionally it make it really easy then, to just call the same function
> from the setup program.

Yup.

 - BS