Bug#319791: gconf terribly wastes /etc space

[Josselin Mouette]

severity 319791 normal
merge 319791 227726
thanks

Le dimanche 24 juillet 2005 à 22:09 +0200, debbug2 at danisch.de a écrit :
> gconf terribly wastes disk- and backupspace in /etc with 
> default files that definitely do not belong in /etc. On 
> my system /etc/gconf became 36 MB large, which is sort of sick. 
> Whoever puts 36 MB of default files in /etc didn't understand the unix
> file system structure.

These are the system defaults, they are modifiable by the system
administrator.  These files perfectly belong in /etc.

> These things belong to /usr/share or /usr/lib.
> 
> Interestingly the same problem was reported almost two years ago 
> (Bug 227726), but completely ignored. 

If you know there is another bug report about it, why did you file a new
one?

> Please stop dumping megabytes of default files into /etc.

We are perfectly aware of this issue, and a new gconf directory
structure is planned as we have enough time, so that autogenerated
defaults end up in /var/lib, and only the local modifications stay
in /etc.

However, bitching and filing random RC bugs won't make it happen
quicker.

Regards,
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