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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 10:16:39 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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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.
[.....]

/etc/rc:
[.....]
if [ "X${inetd_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then 
        echo -n ' inetd';       inetd ${inetd_flags}
fi

if [ "X${cron_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
        echo -n ' cron';        cron
fi
[.....]

I suggest the following (and will commit it in the next few hours if 
nobody objects):
Index: rc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/rc,v
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -c -r1.135 rc
*** rc	1997/08/17 15:02:34	1.135
--- rc	1997/09/13 09:15:40
***************
*** 218,228 ****
  # Now start up miscellaneous daemons that don't belong anywhere else
  #
  echo -n starting standard daemons:
! if [ "X${inetd_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
  	echo -n ' inetd';	inetd ${inetd_flags}
  fi
  
! if [ "X${cron_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
  	echo -n ' cron';	cron
  fi
  
--- 218,228 ----
  # Now start up miscellaneous daemons that don't belong anywhere else
  #
  echo -n starting standard daemons:
! if [ "X${inetd_enable}" != X"NO" ]; then
  	echo -n ' inetd';	inetd ${inetd_flags}
  fi
  
! if [ "X${cron_enable}" != X"NO" ]; then
  	echo -n ' cron';	cron
  fi
  

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....