From owner-cvs-sbin Fri Sep 29 22:59:57 1995 Return-Path: owner-cvs-sbin Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA18108 for cvs-sbin-outgoing; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:59:57 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA18089 ; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 22:59:46 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA17103; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 07:39:25 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA26736; Sat, 30 Sep 1995 07:38:09 +0200 Message-Id: <199509300538.HAA26736@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Mark Murray , John Capo , gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs), ache@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin Makefile Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 07:38:08 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-cvs-sbin@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I was complaining about hacks in _makefiles_. This is an example of doing things OK. In fact it it GREAT. When do we start? ;-) M > > I agree, but with great reservation. I would HATE to see too many > > user configurable hacks in the global system makefiles. I would rather > > the apps handle this sort of thing intelligently. > > Registry! Registry! > > Would you like to see everything from .emacs to .fvwmrc *go away*? > Would you like to see an end to the question of how an arbitrary port > stores its startup configuration and/or adds itself to the list of > apps started at boot time? > Would you like to be able to find out, at a glance, just what version > of a given piece of software (or entire subsystem) you were running? > Would you like to see sysctl() done CORRECTLY? > > Registry! Registry! > > The only problem is, you need the rest of the world to go along. Not > easy. Implmenting an NT style registry (with substantial improvements > over NT - they didn't get it exactly right nor does it deal with the > multiple user issue very well) would be easy. Getting applications > weenies to use it would not. > > The latter reason is mainly why I haven't implemented it yet.. :-( > > Jordan -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key