Can some ports install config files inside '/usr/local/etc'?

[Chris Jones]

Nothing in macports will be installing to /usr/local. If you have anything in that area it has been put there by some other means. Maybe homebrew?, but also a number of third party installers sometimes use this directory as well (which are the reasons why MacPorts specifically ignores this area).

> On 11 Dec 2021, at 5:11 am, fgyamauti2 fgyamauti2 <fgyamauti2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>   Hi,
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>  Apparently some ports that I've installed are making directories inside '/usr/local/etc' with example configuration files. Still the installed ports themselves seem to only listen to stuff inside '/opt/local/etc'.
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>   For instance, I have an 'unbound' folder inside both. In the former, it contains 'unbound.config', while in the latter it contains 'root.key' and 'unsound.config-dist' (a file with contents identical to 'unbound.config'). That seems to happen to particular ports only, though. Anyone experiencing that? Are these folders really unnecessary?
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>   Thanks in advance,
>     FY
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