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Subject: Re: docs/140495: /etc/rc.conf.d is not documented in rc.conf(5)
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Here is a better more accurate patch.


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Index: rc.conf.5
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--- rc.conf.5	(revision 199205)
+++ rc.conf.5	(working copy)
@@ -63,8 +63,16 @@
 .Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
 is used to override settings in
 .Pa /etc/rc.conf
-for historical reasons.
-See the
+for historical reasons. In addition to 
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
+you can also place smaller configuration files for each rc script in 
+the directory
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d
+which will be included by the 
+.Va load_rc_config 
+function. For jail configuration you would use the file
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf.d/jail
+to store jail specific configuration options. Also see the
 .Va rc_conf_files
 variable below.
 .Pp

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