From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 04:33:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA29534 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 04:33:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA29522 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 04:33:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) From: paul@originative.co.uk Received: by octopus with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id <1KB91B9T>; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:32:10 -0000 Message-ID: To: chris@netmonger.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: was: some woes about rc.conf.site Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:32:06 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Masto [mailto:chris@netmonger.net] > Sent: 07 February 1999 20:14 > To: current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: was: some woes about rc.conf.site > > > I haven't used it yet, but I definately think the idea is an > improvement. I hate trying to update /etc after an upgrade.. if it's > been a while, or it's between major versions, it can take a very > significant amount of time. Anything that moves local changes to a > seperate file is a blessing. > > Also, having had sysinstall destroy my /etc/rc.conf on more than one > occasion, I am grateful to not have it touched any more. I don't understand what rc.conf.site buys us, surely sysinstall is just an admin tool for maintaining site specific options in exactly the same way that vi /etc/rc.conf.local would be? I think it's getting overly engineered and we're just chasing our tails. Why can't there be a set of shipped defaults, set in /usr/share that is never touched by local sites and by definition will always be up to date and then have a single file /etc/rc.conf that provides local overrides. Whether you maintain it with sysinstall or vi shouldn't really matter. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message