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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:16:38 -0300 (EST)
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>
To:        dillon@backplane.com (Matthew Dillon)
Cc:        bde@zeta.org.au, dima@best.net, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, dillon@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf
Message-ID:  <199808271316.KAA25306@roma.coe.ufrj.br>
In-Reply-To: <199808270459.VAA10971@apollo.backplane.com> from Matthew Dillon at "Aug 26, 98 09:59:03 pm"

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// :>> >      rc.conf.local capability.  Eases large-site administration.
// :>> 
// :>> Bogus.  make.conf is already entirely local.  It is the local extension
// :>> of <sys.mk>.
// :>
// :>It actually depends. If we consider /etc/{daily,weekly,monthly,rc.conf}
// :>etc etc etc being local, then what's the point of having their .local
// :>extensions?
// :
// :None :-).  Don't consider them as local, since they do a lot by default.
// :make.conf OTOH contains only commented out defaults.
// :
// :Bruce
// 
//    commented out defaults, but it's still 6 KBytes worth of 
//    critical information that needs to get updated on every
//    system update.  If you don't want a make.conf.local 
//    then the supplied make.conf needs to be an empty file with
//    some other file containing a list of all the features.
//    Otherwise we have to update make.conf on every install.

What about a man page ???

I've been updating my make.conf since I started using FreeBSD and
see it as a "feature" of progress.  :)

Using make.conf.local would not add any real facility, IMO.
I agree with those who think make.conf is ALREADY local.

					Jonny

--
Joao Carlos Mendes Luis            M.Sc. Student
jonny@jonny.eng.br                 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
"There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and Unix.
 We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy  S. Anderson



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