Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:02:12 -0800 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: nomenclature for conf files Message-ID: <CADy1Ce7Nsr=QH3nbFbQpqXawmj01mHOMFh0ngXL3_wo9c-56vA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-JOuY0TgjV2LFmwk%2BHGuJjx%2BX0nUP6k1n33ggM2wmTgQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20121112051229.GA1235@mycenae.sbb.rs> <CADy1Ce6W4nfQHvHNx7YO9jEc6Aou9hjtHzdVV9xhxZ-rGzWhmQ@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839uwhSGLtit16oOOmSibN3G%2B7GL2CEb7kBD9J_AvUSfyg@mail.gmail.com> <CADy1Ce4mnMriN1UsEOQbKddsv1dEx_2=wSEOh91t1P_D%2Bud88w@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83-JOuY0TgjV2LFmwk%2BHGuJjx%2BX0nUP6k1n33ggM2wmTgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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OK - I figured it out. I have always followed the examples in the handbook. I have also been bitten more than once when I've typoed, and left out one of the quote marks. That tends to leave a lasting impression, as it can be painful to fix, sometimes requiring to drop into single user mode to clean up. Kurt On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2012 15:35, "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 12 Nov 2012 05:20, "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs> wrote: > > >> > It might sound stupid, but I'd like to know if there's > > >> > any difference. Are those 3 line the same? > > >> > > > >> > WITH_KMS=YES > > >> > WITH_KMS="YES" > > >> > WITH_KMS=yes > > >> > > >> With regard to their use in /etc/rc.conf, no, absolutely not. > > >> > > >> In general, from my experience, only the second one will work. > > >> > > >> This might, or might not, be true for other uses, but rc.conf is > > >> pretty picky about this. > > > > > > All three are fine in make.conf and rc.conf > > > > > > The issue with rc.conf is when people put spaces around the = sign. > > > > > > Chris > > > > This has not been my experience - but I will experiment soon and see > > if I can verify. > > Anything that complains about any of those syntaxes is a bug. Please file > a PR if you find any examples. > > Chris >
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