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Date:      Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:22:05 -0700
From:      Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
To:        Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= <max@wide.ad.jp>
Cc:        dima@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc 
Message-ID:  <199706250722.AAA26789@precipice.shockwave.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:17:55 %2B0900." <199706250417.NAA04993@bourbon.sfc.wide.ad.jp> 

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Agreed, it's really nice to have rc.local be executed by a subshell that
cannot, under any circumstances, screw with stuff in /etc/rc.

  From: Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= <max@wide.ad.jp>
  Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
       > dima        1997/06/24 20:12:13 PDT
       > Modified files:
       > etc                  rc 
       > Log:
       > sh /etc/rc.local -> . /etc/rc.local
    
       > Revision  Changes    Path
       > 1.130     +2 -2      src/etc/rc
  
  What's the advantage of the latter form over the former one?  I can
  only see disadvantage.
  
  What if rc.local exists but doesn't have execution bit set?  Of course
  you can change the test for rc.local to -x from -f.  (If we keep this
  sh /etc/rc.local -> ./etc/rc.local change, we at least need to make
  this change to the test for rc.local, I believe.) But if you are not
  careful enough, there are good possibility that you think rc.local
  gets executed if it's present.
  
       Cheers,
  Max
  



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