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>     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!

NetBSD has /etc/rc.conf and /etc/defaults/rc.conf too.

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Nathan Ahlstrom / nra@pair.com / nra@FreeBSD.org / GPG: 0x67BC9D19

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