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Date:      Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:24:13 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf 
Message-ID:  <199808262324.XAA01547@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:18:43 MST." <1088.904198723@time.cdrom.com> 

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> > It is still valid to have rc.conf.template, rc.conf and rc.conf.local, 
> > where the second is common to a group of machines, and the last 
> > specific only to the machine in question.
> 
> Eek.  I can't argue with the logic of any of this, but my skin's
> still crawling. :)

I agree that it's hairy.  It might be worthwhile just placing a remark 
in the rc.conf manpage indicating that this level of flexibility can be 
achieved with such a construct, and leaving rc.conf.local out of the 
picture as such.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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