Re: FHS

[Harlan Stenn]

Russ says:
> Harlan Stenn <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > One problem is that config.site is kinda lame - we really need nested or
> > hierarchical config.site support.
> 
> > I haven't see the case where a single config.site will really be of much
> > use.
> 
> You can set CONFIG_SITE to point to the appropriate one, which means that
> one config.site file is sufficient; you just may have to have a large
> collection of them.

Yes, my point exactly.

We need a much friendlier way to handle config.site, or a functional
equivalent.

There is a chance that <http://ark.sourceforge.net> could be useful in this
regard, too, and also <http://www.openpackages.org>.  But this is perhaps a
bit afield of the current discussion.

H