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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:10:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr1@flash.net>
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Subject: rc.conf vs rc.conf.local
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I was thinking about how "hard" it is to continually modify rc.conf
as it is being updated....

I was wondering if anyone can see a problem with treating rc.conf
as a set of defaults, and making local overrides in rc.conf.local.

Stephen J. Roznowski    (sjr1@flash.net)