[PATCH v7 1/4] Add system-wide tunables: ldconfig part

[Florian Weimer]

* DJ Delorie:

> Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> writes:
>>> Adds support for reading /etc/tunables.conf
>>
>> Shouldn't this go into /etc/glibc?
>
> I don't think so.  We have /etc/ld.so.conf and thus /etc/tunables.conf.
> None of my machines even have an /etc/glibc so I wouldn't expect
> sysadmins to "know" to look there (i.e. it's less "discoverable").  I
> know *I* hate it when config files are scattered all over my
> filesystem.

Over here, there are over 300 files in /etc.  When /etc/ld.so.conf was
introduced, there must have been far fewer files.  It's not unreasonable
to expect that glibc will end up with more configuration files over
time, so maybe it's time to start populating /etc/glibc?

>> I'm also not convinced that having a separate file hard-coded into
>> ldconfig is a good idea.  People will to teach their management tools
>> about it (where they currently handle /etc/ld.so.conf.d).  It's also
>> not really compatible with this request:
>
> If distros want to add their policies on how they want to organize this
> data and manage installs/uninstalls, they can ship a file in /etc with
> that policy in it.  Our job is to provide a mechanism, not a policy.

If you don't want to set a policy of separate files, wouldn't you have
to accept setting tunables via /etc/ld.so.conf, too?

Thanks,
Florian