From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 14:30:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C1F16A4C1 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail13.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55D643FE3 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:30:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 14262 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2003 21:30:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 16 Sep 2003 21:30:05 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8GLU16Y077980; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:30:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030913183734.Q97191@pooker.samsco.home> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:29:55 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Scott Long X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: Doug Barton cc: src-committers@freebsd.org cc: Ruslan Ermilov cc: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/forth beastie.4th X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:30:12 -0000 On 14-Sep-2003 Scott Long wrote: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 03:34:59PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >> > On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Scott Long wrote: >> > >> > > Adding >> > > >> > > beastie_disable="YES" >> > > >> > > to loader.conf* is appropriate for your case. >> > >> > Ah, sorry if I missed that. If we can keep /boot/loader.conf and >> > /boot/defaults/loader.conf up to date with installworld, and leave >> > /boot/*.local alone, I withdraw my suggestion to do it in src/etc. >> > >> We already do it like this, the story was about /boot/loader.rc, >> not */loader.conf. sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile has this: >> >> .if !exists(${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.rc) >> FILES+= ${.CURDIR}/loader.rc >> .endif >> > > Right. This wart is due to the vile reaction I received from many people > who not only hated the idea of the menu, but were horribly offended that > they might have to take the effort to turn it off in their local system. > Thus, this keeps them safely shielded from having to deal with it. > > Scott Bull. loader.rc has not been installed by default ever. revision 1.32 date: 1999/04/18 09:21:12; author: dcs; state: Exp; lines: +6 -1 Installs a default loader.rc if none exists. Document loader.conf. ============================================================================= Since that revision, it has always only been conditionally installed IFF it doesn't exist. A little cvs annotate can go a long way. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/