Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 02:44:20 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] /etc/rc: WARNING: $compat5x_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5). Message-ID: <200512270244.21754.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <43B06C88.1050403@FreeBSD.org> References: <20051226112327.G68523@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <200512262101.59895.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <43B06C88.1050403@FreeBSD.org>
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On Monday 26 December 2005 22:19, Doug Barton wrote: > RW wrote: > > compat5x is a library dependence, why should a library dependence need to > > be turned-on in rc.conf? > > We are actually changing the way that library dependencies are handled, so > this will not be an issue going forward. In general, it is bad form for any > boot script to enable itself without user interaction. Offhand I cant see why anyone would want to install a compatibility library and not use it. The knobs are not even well behaved, consider the effect of: compat5x_enable="YES" compat4x_enable="NO" Furthermore I dont think that an error message on the console constitutes drawing peoples attention to the change - surely that's what UPDATING is for.
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