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Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= writes:

>      > dima        1997/06/24 20:12:13 PDT
>      > Modified files:
>      > etc                  rc 
>      > Log:
>      > sh /etc/rc.local -> . /etc/rc.local
>   
>      > Revision  Changes    Path
>      > 1.130     +2 -2      src/etc/rc
> 
> What's the advantage of the latter form over the former one?  I can
> only see disadvantage.

The advantage is: now variables from /etc/rc.conf{,.local} will be propagated
to /etc/rc.local

> What if rc.local exists but doesn't have execution bit set?  Of course
> you can change the test for rc.local to -x from -f.  (If we keep this
> sh /etc/rc.local -> ./etc/rc.local change, we at least need to make
> this change to the test for rc.local, I believe.) But if you are not
> careful enough, there are good possibility that you think rc.local
> gets executed if it's present.

Ohh?

Here's entry from /etc/rc for /etc/rc.conf:
# If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
if [ -f /etc/rc.conf ]; then
    . /etc/rc.conf
fi

Here are primissions on rc.conf:
[sivka]-p9:80> ls -la /etc/rc.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  6221  5 MAJ 17:46 /etc/rc.conf
[sivka]-p9:81> 

Are you trying to tell me that rc.conf is not executed on the system startup
on my machine? :-)

> 
>      Cheers,
> Max
> 

-- dima