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Subject: Re: some woes about rc.conf.site 
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From: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com>
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> Because rc.conf contains configuration variables, whereas rc contains 
> commands to execute at boot time.

Then I would suggest renaming rc.conf to be rc.vars or rc.config-vars 
or something more appropriate than rc.conf, which like all the other 
*.conf files is intended for local editing and maintainence.

I do like the local overriding feature though.  Yesterday I took out 
all my local rc.conf mods into rc.conf.local and copied in the default 
/usr/src/etc/rc.conf to /etc.  The local mods are much smaller and much 
more obvious as to what is different from the default setup.


	-- Parag Patel


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