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Doug Barton wrote:
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d has already been suggested, and it's a direction I'd
> like to see us move in. Because the ordering of dependencies is
> non-trivial, I'm not sure having more than one such directory is a
> realistic target atm, but at least having one is definitely doable.

Thought of that, but I was fearful about name collisions
(i.e. everyone and their dog wanting "bridge" or "net").  It's
probably not a big deal, since similarly named things would
most likely have similar functions... one can hope.  8-).

-- Terry