From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 18 16:12:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA04668 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:12:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ranma.nectar.com (htruth.communique.net [204.27.67.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04621 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:12:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nectar@ranma.nectar.com) Received: from ranma.nectar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ranma.nectar.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06737; Mon, 18 May 1998 13:06:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199805181806.NAA06737@ranma.nectar.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 X-Pgp-Rsafprint: 00 F9 E6 A2 C5 4D 0A 76 26 8B 8B 57 73 D0 DE EE X-Pgp-Rsakey: http://pgp.ai.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x094724A9 From: Jacques Vidrine To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Dan Janowski , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <27848.895508536@time.cdrom.com> References: <27848.895508536@time.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: system config database... Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 13:06:01 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Time for a DTD for FreeBSD Configuration XML? Jacques Vidrine On 18 May 1998 at 9:22, "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: [snip] > If I had my druthers, there would be a single text file in /etc which > stored all the configuration data for system startup. People wouldn't > (generally) be expected to edit it directly but rather use one or more > browsing tools for displaying and editing each "startup object" in a > friendlier form, that perhaps looking something like this: > > name: amd > desc: The Auto Mount Daemon for NFS filesystems. > enabled: no > class: net > order: 9 > requires: is_enabled nfs_client && is_enabled network > v_exec: amd > v_flags: -a /net -c 1800 -k i386 -d ${domain} -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map > command: ${v_exec} ${v_flags} [snip] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNWB4iTeRhT8JRySpAQEFQgQAtnm2yYsoZq6WJ9dT/JXOp1eP/3cSQGU9 92dJGi8oiybEbQZF7LeBsXYErr1XWCfLhzx8/x30MKcLAYdI9tlBkCI+IBy64aTg v+n4UScU4aX8ueXly2aSfm+0gmqu5N+kDFbXnfnL9wtFxQprvdDA24nMf05qAomc Nze5Miq5pog= =3mpv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message