Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 23:06:23 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Paul Fardy <pdfardy@mac.com>, "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Junior Annoying Hacker Task Message-ID: <20020203040623.13CEF407B@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.43.0202030956010.1840-100000@den2> References: <Pine.WNT.4.43.0202030956010.1840-100000@den2>
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On Saturday 02 February 2002 03:57 pm, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote:
> > No, it's not, because it still maintains a separation between "system"
> > control (rc.conf) and application control (/var/packges).
> >
> > It's more like config.sys or something . . .
>
> Much more than that. The registry also stores dynamic data, such as
> performance counters. It's also "remotable", for centralised management.
No, no, I was saying that *rc.conf* was more like config.sys than the
registry.
The registry is a huge monolithic monstor of an abomination from hell.
Not that I don't like it or anything :-)
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