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Date:      Thu, 09 Oct 1997 04:22:50 +0930
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Robert Withrow <bwithrow@BayNetworks.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NFS Client option -- didn't take 
Message-ID:  <199710081852.EAA01020@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Oct 1997 13:56:47 -0400." <199710081756.NAA17095@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com> 

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>From the oct 7'th beta, selecting NFS client during the installation
> didn't "take" in rc.conf.
> 
> BTW, why is install modifying rc.conf instead of just writing the
> changes into rc.conf.local?

Because rc.conf.local violates the entire purpose of rc.conf.  The 
default values for the variables in rc.conf are implicit in the rc.* 
scripts; rc.conf is where you overried these defaults as you wish.

mike





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