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To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Subject: Re: import NetBSD rc system 
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:56:08 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
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In message <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> Matt Dillon writes:
:     I kinda like our scheme... at least I like the single monolithic
:     /etc/rc.conf file.  It makes maintaining and installing machines 
:     utterly trivial whereas having a billion little files each with
:     one or two options in them makes maintaining and installing machines
:     rather difficult.  I sure hope nobody is advocating doing away with
:     the monolithic capabilities of /etc/rc.conf!

While it has been a few months since I looked at the NetBSD stuff, it
too has a single rc.conf-like file to control things.  Its main
feature is that you can add new "modules" easily.

Warner

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