From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 11 15:15:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dayspring.firedrake.org (dayspring.firedrake.org [195.82.105.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8E837B401 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:15:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from float@firedrake.org) Received: from float by dayspring.firedrake.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 159Zy8-0000d0-00; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:15:32 +0100 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:15:32 +0100 To: Matt Dillon Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: import NetBSD rc system Message-ID: <20010611231532.A2348@firedrake.org> References: <20010611174717.A77956@laptop.6bone.nl> <1795096378.20010611154930@163.net> <3B2484EA.B1F04812@DougBarton.net> <200106111800.f5BI0il25446@billy-club.village.org> <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:54:33AM -0700 From: void Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:54:33AM -0700, Matt Dillon wrote: > > 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! The NetBSD scheme puts code, not configuration, into separate files. It uses rc.conf. -- Ben "An art scene of delight I created this to be ..." -- Sun Ra To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message