Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:10:26 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jonathan Smith <jonsmith@dragonstar.dhs.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> Subject: Re: Previous Message on /etc/defaults Message-ID: <XFMail.000710101026.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007092148560.95124-100000@dragonstar.dhs.org>
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On 10-Jul-00 Jonathan Smith wrote: >> My $0.02: I thinks it's a good idea for /etc/defaults/whatever to set the >> defaults and then load any customizations for /etc/whatever. Personally, I >> *like* having small /etc/whatever files with just my entries to worry about. >> And if we call defaults from the /etc copy, you have to first have an /etc >> version, or else the defaults don't get loaded at all... > > *grins* > > That's your choice, I'm not saying to take it away from you. > > We already have to have an etc version, either that or sysinstall > generates it. Either way, it gets created. > > <history> > I started with slackware almost 4 years ago.... I personally had a > nightmare getting things done in the sysv way of things, all the various > config files just get the system started. > > Then, one of the local 'experts' had me try FreeBSD. (This was in the > 2.2.x days ;) I had one main config file that I had to edit that listed > nearly [if not] all of the main options to get my machine up. I think > that was the first (and one of the biggest) reasons I stayed with > FreeBSD. > </history> > > Since then, I've been frustrated by the defaults directory; however, I do > realise it's value in large networks. I don't want that removed, but I > think it'd be nice to be able to remove it more easily. Err, all the options are still listed in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and are documented in the rc.conf manpage (or should be). > As I said, my suggestion also makes it quite obvious that the defaults are > just that. Except that in practice your suggestion would result in many users breaking their systems. As it is now in -current and 4-stable, you can copy the existing defaults/rc.conf into /etc and edit it if you want. > j. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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