Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 01:49:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert) Cc: jfieber@cs.smith.edu, jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, core@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TODO list for 2.0.5 Message-ID: <199505180849.BAA13860@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199505180835.KAA18710@blaise.ibp.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at May 18, 95 10:35:48 am
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> > > > > Er, I was under the impression that Ollivier Robert was the > > current Lord of the FAQ. I'll certainly help with editing if > > Woah, "Lord of the FAQ" !? Yer too kind to me John :-) > > I'll coordinate the update to the FAQ as usual. One area I'm not familiar > with is the new whole /etc/rc* scheme and I feel it should be mentionned > in the FAQ as it is different from the 'old BSD way. We will have > questions about this. Actually it is little changed from the old way. Is what has changed is that all the variables are now set in /etc/sysconfig, and the /etc/rc* and /etc/netstart files now do a . /etc/sysconfig to pick up the tweak values. It means you should only have to edit /etc/sysconfig now, not /etc/rc, and /etc/netstart. It also greatly simplifies things like multiple network interfaces, ability to turn stuff on and off, add options to commands, etc... All that is need in the faq is a pointer to /etc/sysconfig, and maybe some comments gained from reading /etc/sysconfig. You should no longer even care how or what goes on inside the /etc/rc files, it is bound to change to fix bugs, but you don't need to go edit them except for a very few things that have not been Knobized(TM) by me. There is no more /etc/myname, /etc/default*, /etc/hostname.* on and on, it really is getting close to where I think we want it to go. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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