Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:47:13 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: dillon@FreeBSD.ORG (Matt Dillon) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mib.c Message-ID: <199901260647.HAA29532@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199901251826.KAA99368@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Matt Dillon" at Jan 25, 99 10:25:50 am
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> dillon 1999/01/25 10:26:09 PST > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_mib.c > Log: > Add kern.conf_dir sysctl. This is a R+W string used to specify the > directory containing rc.conf.local and rc.local, and possibly other > things in the future. > > This sysctl is used by the diskless startup code and new rc.conf. If > it cannot be found or is empty, the system should revert to using /etc. as i said in a previous msg, this seems totally redundant. Running `hostname` when rc starts will give you the same exact result -- it is uninitialized for non-bootp machine, and set to the hostname by BOOTP if this is used. I really hate redundant methods, because then you have to keep them consistent all over the place. cheers luigi -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO . EMAIL: luigi@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione HTTP://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL/FAX: +39-050-568.533/522 . via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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