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To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
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Subject: Re: rc & rc.conf 
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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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