[Nix-dev] Why nginx config isn't placed into /etc/nginx/nginx.conf?

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 08/09/2016 01:29 PM, Daniel Hlynskyi wrote:

> Is this intentional? I'm writing a service and want to know whether to do like
> nginx or use /etc for configs.

Generally, files should not be placed in /etc unless they are global
configuration, like /etc/resolv.conf. This way, implicit dependencies are
avoided. Service-specific configuration files like nginx.conf don't need to be
in /etc because they usually can be passed to the service via a command line
switch from the generated systemd unit.

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