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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

Karsten Behrmann wrote:
> Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:
> > * The default installed /etc/fstab is missing some common entries, such as:
> [...]
>
> I figured fstab was getting a bit cluttery for new users.
> That's why there's a default /etc/fstab containing only what you'll
> need on a canonical install, and an extra /etc/fstab.example from
> which you can copy/paste any extra lines when you need them.

Bleck. I don't particularly like that. Unless it doesn't leave an extra 
file laying around in /etc ...

> If this sort of organization makes sense to everyone (distinguishing
> example vs. default), we're going to do it for lilo.conf and menu.lst
> as well.

I'd much rather have commented out examples. That's one of my favorite 
things about shorewall. And when .sample files are provided, I usually 
just mv them to .conf. So that's my humber opinion on this.

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