On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 02:32:49PM +0200, Hildo Biersma wrote:
> > Why not have /proc/sysconf?
>
> /proc/sysconf will never be able to handle non-kernel configuration
> settings. Linus mentioned settings for 'bc' and 'expr' and I don't want
> to teach these to a kernel.
Yes, that's what I meant---have both. /proc/sysconf would contain the
kernel-specific values; /etc/sysconf would contain the userspace-specific
values. That way, you don't have to remember to edit /etc/sysconf if you
make a kernel configuration change.
--Adam Sampson azz@gnu.org
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