Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 01:35:19 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What we keep under /etc (was: cvs commit: src/etc rc rc.shutdown src/etc/rc.d ...) Message-ID: <20041009083519.GA84548@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20041009011553.01708de1@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> References: <200410071355.i97DtSJq024575@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041009011553.01708de1@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 01:15:53AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:55:28 +0000 (UTC), Mike Makonnen <mtm@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > mtm 2004-10-07 13:55:28 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > > etc rc rc.shutdown > > etc/rc.d DAEMON LOGIN NETWORKING SERVERS abi .. > > Log: > > Remove the requirement for the FreeBSD keyword as it no longer > > makes any sense. .. > This makes life painful enough to ask.... > > Is there any good reason that mergemaster deals with this stuff rather than > make installworld? Or maybe I should ask, why doesn't make installworld > handle *some* stuff in /etc, such as /etc/rc.d/ and /etc/defaults/? I think we should seriously consider doing this -- /etc/defaults are our (The FreeBSD Project's) defaults and aren't meant to be user tweaked. We install the manpage documenting defaults/rc.conf after all with 'installworld' rather than mergemaster. > Or maybe I'm just completely off track and the real world (!) adds its > own /etc/rc.d/ stuff and modifies /etc/defaults/? Some people do want to *add* things to /etc/rc.d/, but that is "add" not replace. So having 'installworld' install into /etc/rc.d should be OK. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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