From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 20 14:40:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA14615 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:40:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA14189; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:39:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA06806; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:39:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <3512F02C.25266BF2@dal.net> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:39:40 -0800 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-BETA-0316 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG CC: jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion about script to update /etc, etc. References: <12479.890354068@time.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: [design model snipped] > As the author of a number of the temporary bodges we're using right > now (/etc/rc.conf and friends), I can say that they're exactly that - > temporary bodges with numerous limitations. I was hoping we'd stop > hacking out ever more temporary solutions to the /etc configuration > problem someday and start thinking of something that actually SCALES > worth a damn, but we clearly haven't gotten to that point yet. :) Ok, go ahead and close the PR. If I read between the lines it sounds to me like you don't want this as a port either, however if I'm incorrect in that assumption please let me know and I'll see what I can do about getting it done before the deadline. I agree that a better solution is desirable, I made that point myself. If I were capable of putting together something along the lines of what you want I would be happy to do so. However it seems to me that some solution is better than no solution, especially when you consider that there is currently nothing in the base that explains how to do the upgrade properly. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message