Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:37:49 -0500 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>, Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, bsddiy@163.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: import NetBSD rc system Message-ID: <20010611203749.D24399@core.usrlib.org> In-Reply-To: <200106111856.f5BIu8V39651@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 12:56:08PM -0600 References: <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> <20010611174717.A77956@laptop.6bone.nl> <1795096378.20010611154930@163.net> <3B2484EA.B1F04812@DougBarton.net> <200106111800.f5BI0il25446@billy-club.village.org> <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> <200106111856.f5BIu8V39651@harmony.village.org>
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 12:56:08PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <200106111854.f5BIsX728995@earth.backplane.com> Matt Dillon writes: > : I kinda like our scheme... at least I like the single monolithic > : /etc/rc.conf file. It makes maintaining and installing machines > : utterly trivial whereas having a billion little files each with > : one or two options in them makes maintaining and installing machines > : rather difficult. I sure hope nobody is advocating doing away with > : the monolithic capabilities of /etc/rc.conf! > > While it has been a few months since I looked at the NetBSD stuff, it > too has a single rc.conf-like file to control things. Its main > feature is that you can add new "modules" easily. > > Warner New "modules"? Isn't that just the same as /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ ? I side with Mr. Dillon, I hope things stay the way they are. -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@usrlib.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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