Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:34:12 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OBJECTIONS (was Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc) Message-ID: <19990126103412.H382@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <49447.917328467@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 09:27:47PM -0800 References: <199901260523.NAA04624@spinner.netplex.com.au> <49447.917328467@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 09:27:47PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > rc.conf should be safe and without side effects so that it is useable by > > other programs as a means of fetching configuration variables. > > I might also add that those programs which edit it, like > /etc/sysinstall, will not take kindly to finding other things in there > at present. :) > > - Jordan > > P.S. That said, I may modify sysinstall to write to /etc/rc.conf.local > instead. Eyh! That file is LOCAL. I've been assuming I could put anything I want in it - specifically without having sysinstall or anything touch it. I also strongly dislike the moving of the sourcing of rc.conf - I know I at least am using text processing tools (sed or awk, depending on which version of my setup) in rc.conf.local to automatically adopt to the correct network interface. Not that I can't handle the change (I have a somewhat non-standard rc, too, so having one more customization is no big deal), I just think this is a Bad Idea. rc.conf.disks would also be ugly, but at least better - or a dual sourcing of rc.conf, with some conditional that allow the use of stuff in /usr for the variables that can handle it. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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