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Date:      Thu, 07 Jun 2018 07:18:33 -0600
From:      Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        rgrimes@FreeBSD.org, "src-committers" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r334617 - in head: . etc
Message-ID:  <1528377513.2844855.1399736216.1FC8DF28@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180607072958.GA51308@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201806061833.w56IXWBC006288@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <1528311745.474139.1398838488.1527C06D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20180607072958.GA51308@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Jun 7, 2018, at 1:29 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 01:02:25PM -0600, Brad Davis wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > ...
> > > So each installworld would wipe over the top of any localmod /etc/rc.d/
> > > and other stuff that mght exist?
> > > One of the reasons that etc/Makefile is detached from Installword is so
> > > that /etc does not get perturbuted unless specifically requested.
> > 
> > Yes, this is by design.
> > 
> > If people need custom tweaks for that stuff they should be upstreamed or
> > moved into /usr/local/etc/rc.d as a custom startup script.
> 
> This is rather questionable design to me.  I don't consider my scripts
> as binaries and like them in /etc/rc.d/ and managed via mergemaster -Fi.
> Everything was perfectly fine with it.  What exactly the problem you're
> trying to solve here?

But they are provided by the system and should not be modified in place.  Hence the suggestion to move them out of /etc.


Regards,
Brad Davis



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