Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:52:03 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, David Xu <bsddiy@163.net>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <20010426105202.A35022@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20010426011144.BFE4D3E2A@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 06:11:44PM -0700 References: <200104260051.f3Q0pbv46632@earth.backplane.com> <20010426011144.BFE4D3E2A@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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--Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 06:11:44PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> writes: > > Hmph. I don't see how it could hurt since it amounts to the > > same thing that it was doing before, but why bother in the first > > place? The original code was just fine. >=20 > My guess is: for consistency. The documentation says to do it that > way, and not following that serves to confuse some newcomers (e.g., > "The docs say to do it this way, but how come /etc/rc doesn't? Is > there something wrong with the way in the docs?"). This patch > actually closes a docs/ PR on the subject. That's exactly it. I talked to Jordan, who committed this stuff to /etc/rc in the first place, who said he was unaware that vnconfig could do the swapon itself, otherwise he would have used it. N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjrn78EACgkQk6gHZCw343XnIQCfQol/wre9+PfmScS73xqDwW6z XRUAoIiCcwEh5FU+aFAeRy/B9Ex4npim =Ma2D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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