Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 00:49:02 -0400 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>, 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: <5891A407-BCE6-4792-BD1D-53C00C9A7ED6@FreeBSD.org> 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 Jun 7, 2018, at 03:29, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Yes, this is by design. >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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? For me the biggest selling point of FreeBSD has always been how configurable= and customizable it has been (without modifying src). Especially the rc fil= es and patterns of .local in /etc. >=20 > ./danfe >=20
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