Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 15:04:41 -0400 From: Jason Hellenthal <jhell@DataIX.net> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC][Change-Request] Create usefulness in rc.subr etc/rc.conf.d/*.conf namespace. Message-ID: <20110509190441.GC82456@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimqhu215ZdHwx=fHqu33NXj2pYpvw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110508191336.GC3527@DataIX.net> <BANLkTi=hozQBLUC15NsF2rky2OfFW=t_RQ@mail.gmail.com> <01d201cc0e6c$47d4b180$d77e1480$@vicor.com> <BANLkTimqhu215ZdHwx=fHqu33NXj2pYpvw@mail.gmail.com>
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Gordon,
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 10:32:18AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> wrote:
> > The solution is to have a script that can tell you these two details:
> >
> > 1. What is the final value of ``*_enable''
> > 2. Which file assigns said final value
> >
> > If you have those two pieces of information, then unraveling a twisted
> > configuration is easier.
> >
> > [Re-]welcome my sysrc(8) script:
>=20
> While this is a very cool script, I have to wonder how far we have
> strayed if we require another tool to tell us how the system is
> configured. Surely we should be aiming for simplicity in our
> implementation and not something incredibly complex.
>=20
> After Jason's proposal, we would have the following list of configuration=
files:
>=20
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> /etc/rc.conf
> /etc/rc.conf.local
What seems to be lost here is that the below two are "optional" not=20
something that should be created by anything other than the user who needs=
=20
that functionality. Yes having two of the below is a problem. Yes {name}=20
needs to go. But until there is something to replace it in a way that is=20
agreed on we cant get rid of the broken {name} implement.
Hopefully noone is intending on breaking there system by creating=20
thousands of configs because that can be done easier by just spilling into=
=20
rc.conf ;)
This isnt a replacement and rc.conf.d isnt even available in the first=20
place unless end-user creates it. This wont replace rc.conf.
> /etc/rc.conf.d/{name}
> /etc/rc.conf.d/*.conf
>=20
> Personally, I think this is too many.
>=20
> Regards,
> Gordon
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Regards, (jhell)
Jason Hellenthal
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