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On Dec 24, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Doug Barton wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR conf/163508; it has been noted by =
GNATS.
>=20
> From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
> To: Maxim Ignatenko <gelraen.ua@gmail.com>
> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: conf/163508: [rc.subr] [patch] Add &quot;enable&quot; and =
&quot;disable&quot;
> commands to rc.subr
> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:59:44 -0800
>=20
> On 12/24/2011 04:20, Maxim Ignatenko wrote:
>> The idea was to make enabling/disabling services less error-prone.
>=20
> How is adding foo_enable=3D1 to rc.conf error-prone?

Some people like editing files, others like command line interfaces.  =
For some, the latter is easier and less prone to errors.  For others, =
the former is such.

This utility would cater to the latter case of people, and would have no =
impact on the former.

Warner