Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:48:57 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf variables required by ports Message-ID: <oprst37vat8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20030724151823.T620@stimpy.sasknow.net> References: <20030724151823.T620@stimpy.sasknow.net>
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:34:15 -0600 (CST), Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Installation of the Linux base system is finished. The Linux kernel > mode, which must be enabled for Linux binaries to run, is now > enabled. Linux mode can be enabled permanently with the linux_enable > variable of rc.conf(5). > > Since it would be so trivial, is there a good reason why we don't > automate (echo "linux_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf), and similar > additions from other ports? Checking a few other ports, none of them > that I found do this either... When, you are doing the upgrade often and you find out that you have 10 lines of 'linux_enable="YES"' in the /etc/rc.conf. You will need to do something different to check if it exists then don't add it. My thought, the ports shouldn't touch the system configure by automatic, unless you are told them to. Cheers, Mezz > Maybe there's a general principle I'm missing... :-) > > - Ryan -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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