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Date:      12 Dec 1998 17:14:28 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Benjamin Greenwald <beng@lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, shmit@kublai.com, dima@best.net, committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc.local
Message-ID:  <xzp67bhe3rv.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Benjamin Greenwald's message of "Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:10:45 -0500"
References:  <199812121610.LAA03344@miris.lcs.mit.edu>

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Benjamin Greenwald <beng@lcs.mit.edu> writes:
> > Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes:
> > >     And, I think, the original author has a point on the naming conventions
> ...
> > >     rc.local should be, well, local.  I'd definitely move the motd junk to
> The problem with moving the "motd junk" to /etc/rc is that the motd should be 
> a local entity.  Otherwise it defeats the entire purpose of the Message Of The 
> Day, turning what was intended to be a default into a standard.   This change 
> will force anyone who actually DOES change their motd from the default into 
> putting local changes in /etc/rc.

No. Please read the code in /etc/rc.local before commenting.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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