Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 18:38:57 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@execmail.ca>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Subject: Re: some woes about rc.conf.site Message-ID: <19990208183857.A37441@titan.klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199902080033.QAA51918@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>; from Parag Patel on Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 04:33:00PM -0800 References: <lyndon@execmail.ca> <199902080033.QAA51918@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>
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On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 04:33:00PM -0800, Parag Patel wrote: > > Because rc.conf contains configuration variables, whereas rc contains > > commands to execute at boot time. > > Then I would suggest renaming rc.conf to be rc.vars or rc.config-vars > or something more appropriate than rc.conf, which like all the other > *.conf files is intended for local editing and maintainence. > > I do like the local overriding feature though. Yesterday I took out > all my local rc.conf mods into rc.conf.local and copied in the default > /usr/src/etc/rc.conf to /etc. The local mods are much smaller and much > more obvious as to what is different from the default setup. I think rc.conf and nothing else wasn't that bad. rc.conf was a _reference_ for all possible settings and easy manageable. And mergemaster is an excellent tool, to update it on demand. -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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