Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:48:59 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports modifying system setups Message-ID: <4745265B.2050407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071122005011.07bad587@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <4740E430.9050901@chuckr.org> <20071119031336.GA73804@k7.mavetju> <790a9fff0711190042x73cd231cqbd643c39be2bd767@mail.gmail.com> <47449199.5000403@FreeBSD.org> <20071122005011.07bad587@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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RW wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:14:17 -0800
> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> ... I have for some time wanted to add support
>> to rc.subr for a /usr/local/etc/rc.conf.d so that ports could install
>> sensible defaults for rc.conf,
>
> What's the advantage of doing that over having the the defaults
> in the rc.d script,
I thought I explained that. The point of this thread was that services
installed by ports are not (any longer?) on by default. What I'm
proposing is a way to allow the user to choose to enable the service
using an OPTION (amongst other things).
Doug
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