From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 18:02:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03B86101 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ea0-f182.google.com (mail-ea0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DFCB8FC19 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c10so3702073eaa.13 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:02:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=pAIJUXbDTFbnEm3IS7auHZkTTs2ax1sukjb4XwXQlcY=; b=Mfyz4qyV1Q5owdEf9EGirhJ0GugcPulB4KdlcoK3E/7rjHLI902ydujXa8KalUi5sc BTR4xMJyI0na0U0toaTwSEI+GhaNAKk21f5Bn13Ewg4HyxTXYw/lorKxphKzGYdQk8xw 21Y6YwcU9kfElVk8Rno2upQ6pEb7TcFvzahyYfz2kcjOn/nFt05L+7VMsrzSDaOhtgQa 7jN9MxXkWpYxWo69ft3GiqmdkJgSRQaPpPMPs3IR0Dcu0Eiai4b026IkTLZxDVaOdci1 w5CqnMceXBXxiTxNAgTtj4Na4wxM5XZXd5Pfj3oW6s7j1bbqVWkqjmwq0vWf8DbAuvup 5U1Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.215.197 with SMTP id e45mr15130523eep.0.1352829732375; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:02:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.211.137 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:02:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20121112051229.GA1235@mycenae.sbb.rs> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:02:12 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: nomenclature for conf files From: Kurt Buff To: Chris Rees Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:02:14 -0000 OK - I figured it out. I have always followed the examples in the handbook. I have also been bitten more than once when I've typoed, and left out one of the quote marks. That tends to leave a lasting impression, as it can be painful to fix, sometimes requiring to drop into single user mode to clean up. Kurt On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2012 15:35, "Kurt Buff" wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > > > > > > On 12 Nov 2012 05:20, "Kurt Buff" wrote: > > >> > > >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Zoran Kolic wrote: > > >> > It might sound stupid, but I'd like to know if there's > > >> > any difference. Are those 3 line the same? > > >> > > > >> > WITH_KMS=YES > > >> > WITH_KMS="YES" > > >> > WITH_KMS=yes > > >> > > >> With regard to their use in /etc/rc.conf, no, absolutely not. > > >> > > >> In general, from my experience, only the second one will work. > > >> > > >> This might, or might not, be true for other uses, but rc.conf is > > >> pretty picky about this. > > > > > > All three are fine in make.conf and rc.conf > > > > > > The issue with rc.conf is when people put spaces around the = sign. > > > > > > Chris > > > > This has not been my experience - but I will experiment soon and see > > if I can verify. > > Anything that complains about any of those syntaxes is a bug. Please file > a PR if you find any examples. > > Chris >