Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:42:22 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc & rc.conf Message-ID: <199709142342.AAA25735@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Sep 1997 08:42:07 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970915084100.818x-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
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> > > > This is a disaster waiting to happen:
> > > >
> > > > /etc/rc.conf:
> > > > [.....]
> > > > inetd_enable="YES" # Run the network daemon displatcher (or NO).
> > > > [.....]
> > > > cron_enable="YES" # Run the periodic job daemon.
> > > > [.....]
>
> Maybe "inetd_enable" should become "inetd_disable" and only "NO" will
> disable inetd.
I don't think this is good. Currently, they're all _enable variables
that are tested as "== YES" or "!= NO" depending on what the default
should be for a user that hasn't even set the variables. Adding
another negative into the equation would just succeed in confusing me
anyway.
> Danny
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