[OE-core] any subtle uses for hardcoded /etc instead of ${sysconfdir}?

[Richard Purdie]

On Sat, 2014-08-02 at 04:13 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   occasionally, i run across stuff like this (here, under
> recipes-support):
> 
> $ grep -r "/etc" nss*
> nss/files/nss-CVE-2013-1740.patch:+ *
> (SSL_ForceHandshake/PR_Recv/PR_Send/etc.) needed to finish the handshake.
> nss/nss.inc:    mkdir -p ${D}/etc/pki/nssdb/
> nss/nss.inc:    certutil -N -d ${D}/etc/pki/nssdb/ -f ./empty_password
> nss/nss.inc:    chmod 644 ${D}/etc/pki/nssdb/*.db
> nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname_0.3.bb:		-i $D/etc/nsswitch.conf
> nss-myhostname/nss-myhostname_0.3.bb:		-i $D/etc/nsswitch.conf
> $
> 
>   is there any reason for hard-coding "/etc" into those filenames,
> rather than "${sysconfdir}"? i can submit a quick patch to tweak that,
> but i always wonder if there's something subtle going on underneath
> that i'm unaware of.

Not that I can think of offhand.

Cheers,

Richard