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Date:      Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:15:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /etc/defaults/really_defaults/really_really_defaults
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904112010110.32936-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904111221170.5935-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>

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Today Jason C. Wells wrote:

> What's the functional difference between the former rc.conf and
> defaults/rc.conf? 

Now you get to switch between consoles to read man pages or the
defaults rather than just edit one file with the syntax,
defaults, and comments right there.

> My vote from userland is scrap /etc/defaults.

Mine too.  But don't forget with a little bit of editing you can
always do away with the "new and improved version" on your own
systems.  :)

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