Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:44:58 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: explicit use of /etc/rc.d vs service Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301241438100.84905@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_F0V7NUjQNRHzrALqtQL2thpYb_rFq%2BE-vLt=AK%2BRJQQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnJPFevO7W%2BypBZdcL7deB%2B_cQHF0AEcVaWWv8FFhcNcQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301240835180.82165@wonkity.com> <CAF6rxgnCEc_7tO9QzMPuEuMr1cOBXO-_BU8oouG3J-Jv7MkeqQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301241308520.84905@wonkity.com> <CADLo83_F0V7NUjQNRHzrALqtQL2thpYb_rFq%2BE-vLt=AK%2BRJQQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Chris Rees wrote: > On 24 January 2013 20:13, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> >> Should be sshd_enable="YES" in both places. > > Why? > > Useless quotes are not useful, and the habit of using them everywhere > is actively harmful. I'm only talking about rc.conf, where the examples (AFAIK) always use quoting. It's probably a shortcut around having to explain quoting things that contain whitespace. > Sorry to sound a little OCD, but overquoting bothers me, and it > doesn't fit with rc.subr style. (Let's ignore defaults/rc.conf for > now...) Okay. Let me put it this way: examples should be consistent, not just in a section but preferably across a whole book. That said, leaving these unquoted is not the worst possible thing ever.
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