Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 08:54:03 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REQ: Test /etc/rc clean-up Message-ID: <19990821085403.A85868@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908201153160.68707-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>; from Doug on Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 11:59:05AM -0700 References: <21889.935137150@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908201153160.68707-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>
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> However I'd REALLY like to emphasize again that if we're going to do > this the proper fix is to use case wherever possible. There are > numerous reasons for this, not the least of which are making the > variable case insensitive (and therefore more user friendly) I have to really agree with Doug here. I've seen people use "foo=yes" (vs. "foo=YES") in their rc.conf. They got frustrated when things didn't work. And in IMHO for a no good reason. > I have offered several times to do the work if it has a chance of > being committed, that offer is still good. What do you think Sheldon? -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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