Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:22:27 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger <A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de> To: dcs@newsguy.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? Message-ID: <199911101822.TAA00926@work.net.local> In-Reply-To: <3829908C.7BDA9DD@newsguy.com>
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On 11 Nov, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
>> >> (102) netchild@ttyp2 > grep cat /etc/rc.conf.local
>> >> spppconfig_isp0="`cat /etc/isdn/connect.parameters`"
> ^^^
> Calling programs from any of the rc.conf files is considered evil
> and it's looked down on.
Itīs there to hide login/passwd information for i4b.
[apropos sourcing rc.conf]
>> Do we have to live with this or is it subject to change (it gives me
>> bad taste to have rc.conf sourced everytime apropos is used)? What
>> about making it an environment variable (just set it in login.conf)
>> or enhancing /etc/manpath.config (BTW: everithing is named *.conf
>> except manpath.config)?
>
> Apropos is not the fastest of the programs. Sourcing rc.conf most
> likely takes a very small time compared to it's total execution
> time.
I hadnīt execution time in mind. Itīs more a "Thereīs manpath.config,
why didnīt we use it for this?".
Bye,
Alexander.
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