Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:23:54 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> To: paul@originative.co.uk Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org, tr49986@rcc.on.ca, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up! /etc/rc.conf.site is dead. Message-ID: <42419.918739434@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:56:31 GMT." <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE22@octopus>
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Hi Paul, Just a few criticisms of your comments... On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:56:31 GMT, paul@originative.co.uk wrote: > Adding new knobs will be a doddle, the default file gets a new knob, with > it's default setting and it'll just work. It won't be "a doddle" if, as you suggested, the defaults directory is system immutable. For exactly this reason, that suggestion wasn't a good one. I hope you agree. > > They're going into /usr/share/examples/ppp soon. > > [...] > > Besides, with all this activity, it'd be nice to get out of /etc > > altogether :-) > > Have another think about it. /etc/defaults does have its merits but it isn't > going to work well unless everyone buys into it. /etc/defaults is for default knobs that are turned on by default and may be overridden. Examples are knobs that are not turned on by default. Can you see why the ppp examples are not a candidate for "buy in"? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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