Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:05:17 -0500 From: "RT" <tr49986@rcc.on.ca> To: <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Chas" <cpinckard@dynasty.net> Subject: Re: /etc/rc.conf, take 46! Message-ID: <000f01be755c$8e12f280$60e9a4cf@a35.my.intranet>
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I like it too... No code anywhere than needed. After all, if /etc/rc
doesn't exist, everything's messed up anyway, so you mideswell make it more
dependent upon that script.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chas <cpinckard@dynasty.net>
To: paul@originative.co.uk <paul@originative.co.uk>
Cc: rkw@dataplex.net <rkw@dataplex.net>; current@FreeBSD.ORG
<current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: /etc/rc.conf, take 46!
>Now that sounz like a simple solution.:)) Paul...
>> >
>> > An alternate, and perhaps cleaner approach would be to always suck in
>> > /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf. Then suck in those
>> > files specified
>> > in ${additional_rc_conf_files}.
>>
>> I still think we're chasing our tails with all this configuration stuff.
>>
>> Why can't /etc/rc load /etc/defaults/rc.conf followed by /etc/rc.conf (if
>> present). Don't have anything in /etc/defaults.rc.conf except default
>> variable settings.
>>
>> The local admin can do what the hell they want in /etc/rc.conf, including
>> putting in a bit of script to load /etc/rc.conf.local
>> /etc/rc.conf.flavour_of_month etc.
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