From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jun 25 1:32:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C13B15190 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 01:32:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 10xRPH-0000EK-00; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:32:19 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Mike Pritchard Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Revising the rc.conf-related manpages In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:22:44 EST." <199906241722.MAA16768@mpp.pro-ns.net> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:32:19 +0200 Message-ID: <887.930299539@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:22:44 EST, Mike Pritchard wrote: > I don't really like it that rc.conf.local is being taken out of the NAME > section. This makes it so 'whatis' rc.conf.local won't direct the user > to this man page, and then they have to go grubbing through /etc trying > to figure out what that file is for, instead of being pointed to this > man page. Well now you know why I mailed. My ruse has been foiled. :-) My understanding is that rc.conf.local is only sourced for backward compatibility, and isn't a meaningful part of modern FreeBSD. Is it used for a specific purpose beyond overriding the defaults? If not, then I think my understanding of the situation is correct and rc.conf is the only overriding file worth mentioning (except for the backward compatibility clause I added). If I'm wrong, then I'd really appreciate a little education. Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message