Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 04:48:05 -0600 (CST) From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <FreeBSD-Current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Possible fix for rc.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903210444560.52205-100000@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <004001be732c$7960e0e0$8dfee0d1@westbend.net>
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Why do we need to have ANY of the file inclusion in /etc/defaults/rc.conf?
Shouldn't that file simply be definitions of variables?
IMHO, the "logic" should be in "rc" itself.
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Scot W. Hetzel wrote:
> What does everyone think about using this at the end of
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf?
>
> for i in ${rc_conf_files}; do
> if [ $0 != $i ]; then
> if [ -f $i ]; then
> . $i
> fi
> else
> echo "Error: $0 isn't allowed to re-load $i."
> echo "Error: Please do not copy /etc/defaults/rc.conf to
> /etc/rc.conf"
> fi
> done
>
> If someone does copy the /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf, /etc/rc.conf
> will not reload it's self, thus it will never get stuck in an endless loop.
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