From owner-cvs-all Fri Feb 5 17:23:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05931 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:23:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05924; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:23:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id RAA01158; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:23:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis cc: jkh@FreeBSD.ORG (Jordan K. Hubbard), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall anonFTP.c config.c disks.c dispatch.c dmenu.c install.c installUpgrade.c label.c main In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Feb 1999 23:20:09 -0200." <199902060120.XAA00970@roma.coe.ufrj.br> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 17:23:34 -0800 Message-ID: <1154.918264214@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > /etc/rc.conf is now a system file, not to be changed by the user, > right ? Is this documented anywhere ? Maybe a BIG comment in the The user can still change it all they want, they'll simply have the option not to if they prefer to keep the changes separate. Some may elect to keep their old rc.conf files and ignore this entirely. > Could this be put back in the rc script, as it has been in the a.out > kernel times with the dset utility ? POLA is the key here. If it's > not that difficult, it would be a GoodThing(TM) to do before 3.1. It's sort of a pain, especially when you have to preserve the old settings. I doubt I'll have time before 3.1 to grapple with it. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message