Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:13:39 +0000 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcvar function in rc.subr Message-ID: <4569A113.5080106@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061126121907.GC60959@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <1161268403.89897.1.camel@mayday.esat.net> <20061126121907.GC60959@comp.chem.msu.su>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig65CA5C755FC5707003668AC8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 03:33:23PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote: >> Does anybody have a clue why /etc/rc.d/foo rcvar prints a leading '$' >> before the variable name? Doesn't make much sense with /bin/sh. >=20 > Sorry for the late reply. According to the CVS history, the code > was just imported from NetBSD. Perhaps it's too late to change it > as people are likely to have workarounds for it already. Of course, > $foo_enable=3DYES looks ugly and has a different meaning in sh(1). Well, it may be worth fixing in HEAD even if we don't MFC the change. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enig65CA5C755FC5707003668AC8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFaaEXMxEkbVFH3PQRCr6oAKCEgUrP38sNpxZ2zIHvvkraLtWxZwCfTjnh qBDIDCIDTtmExQXAIRwZjAs= =JZxe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig65CA5C755FC5707003668AC8--
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