Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:03:01 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: set_rcvar() removed from rc.subr Message-ID: <4F11ED85.5050202@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120114144445.GA53777@stack.nl> References: <4F114577.30201@FreeBSD.org> <20120114144445.GA53777@stack.nl>
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On 01/14/2012 06:44, Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
> Why must the 2-argument form of set_rcvar die at the same time? It is
> used very differently and does not cause unnecessary forks. Instead, it
> is called in the same shell environment to define additional rc.conf
> variables that have defaults and are shown in '<script> rcvar'.
Because it can just as easily be accomplished the same way that all the
other rcvar-related things are:
rcvar=foo_enable
: ${foo_enable:=NO}
And before you spend too much time bemoaning its demise, quick question
... how many places was it used?
Doug
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